Ep. 3: Playtime

De: Ross Sutherland

Ross teaches us to listen to words in a new way by forcing them into unusual formations. We discover a technique that automatically disrupts our writing, pushing us into exciting new territory.

The Exercise:

1. Grab a favourite book from your childhood
2. Take the each word of the text, look each up in a dictionary or on dictionary.com
3. Count seven words down in the dictionary
4. Make a note of your new word and replace the original from the childhood book
5. Don’t be afraid to break the rules - if the word seven words down doesn’t feel like a good fit, then scan the dictionary page for a more suitable word
6. Doing this you’ll quickly end up with an all new, highly surreal story that contains echoes of the original
7. The surreal sentences you’ll be left with are the perfect source material to spark fresh ideas

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cool creative idea and fun to try out.

I liked this episode.
I appreciated both the historical lesson on the N+7 technique and also hearing it read before a young crowd, and simply listening to their playful excitement and reactions, as only kids can do!