http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/ this what i like Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:44:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-52127 mark larson | Undisciplined reading Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:29:10 +0000 http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/#comment-52127 [...] the same ideas of influence and remix and pastiche and story-telling. There’s also a bit on constrained writing towards the [...] [...] the same ideas of influence and remix and pastiche and story-telling. There’s also a bit on constrained writing towards the [...]

]]> http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-47241 Mark Larson Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:15:14 +0000 http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/#comment-47241 Thanks for the tip, Mark. If I'm not mistaken, that's the same guy who wrote <i>G??del, Escher, Bach</i>---which has been on my to-read list for centuries. Now I've got another. Thanks for the tip, Mark. If I’m not mistaken, that’s the same guy who wrote G??del, Escher, Bach—which has been on my to-read list for centuries. Now I’ve got another.

]]> http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-47226 Mark Cogan Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:26:04 +0000 http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/#comment-47226 Read Hofstatder's "Le Ton Beau Du Marot" (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0465086454" rel="nofollow">Amazon</a>)-- he talks a lot about similar things, and includes (among other things) a description of general relativity using only one-syllable words. Read Hofstatder’s “Le Ton Beau Du Marot” (Amazon)– he talks a lot about similar things, and includes (among other things) a description of general relativity using only one-syllable words.

]]> http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-47159 Mark Larson Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:09:57 +0000 http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/#comment-47159 Oh, sounds tough. One of my favorite projects from Modern Lit was doing a poetic imitation---basically re-writing a poem but trying to copy the patterns in rhyme, rhythm, meter, scansion and mood. I chose William Carlos Williams' "The Botticellian Trees." Oh, sounds tough. One of my favorite projects from Modern Lit was doing a poetic imitation—basically re-writing a poem but trying to copy the patterns in rhyme, rhythm, meter, scansion and mood. I chose William Carlos Williams’ “The Botticellian Trees.”

]]> http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-47131 Rebekah Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:37:07 +0000 http://www.mlarson.org/2007/09/09/constrained-writing/#comment-47131 I had to write an entire short story for class without the letter "e." We also had to write one in which the words were all only one syllable . You really test the limits of your vocabulary that way! I had to write an entire short story for class without the letter “e.” We also had to write one in which the words were all only one syllable . You really test the limits of your vocabulary that way!

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