Thursday, October 08, 2009

Ziggurat Sentences (Copy the Style)

Take the sentences from this week's worksheet and try to do a version of your own. Use the same number of words, the same style, the same general ideas and so on. If, for example, three sentences begin with "They would . . ." do the same. If you wish, use the description to describe your own character from last week's exercise.

Sample One: "His lips were fat and earthworm pink, his eyes were asymmetrical, and his eyebrows were like forests of black wire."

Sample Two: "They would sprinkle his hide with lead. They would pound him with their fists the way flies pound themselves against windows. They would attempt to reason."

2 comments:

Brad said...

Her lips were thin and seashell pink, her eyes were luminous, and her neck was as soft as a sea cucumber.

They would bounce his head on the floor. They would attack him with sticks the way hail hits a window in a storm. They would attempt to make him talk.

Elaine Elphick said...

His lips were firm and pencil-thin, his eyes were intense, and his hair was soft and feathery like goose down.


They would pummel his brain for ideas. They would crush him down with deadlines the way compactors crush old junkyard cars. They would attempt to break him down.