was more automatic writing. This time the constraint was that we should make a simple list--just single words. For three minutes.
3-minute list
typewriter
ghost
paper
oranges
chair
rug
nouns
can
i
write
non
list
items?
books
lines
pens
confused
intent
unclear
not
understood
belly
ache
didn't
like
having
to
tell
her
no
there
she
didn't
like
it
either
precious
parade
outside
barricades
costumes
lights
library
tower
giant
spider
football
player
limosine
driver
laughing
gas
out
loud
Bob
Holman
needs
a
call
from
me
tomorrow
there's
work
again
again
it's
work
nouns
things
come
on
just
list
sirens
echo
concrete
talking
to
brick
city
trashcan
drums
hit
Pretty clear, I guess, what was going on here. Bucking the drive to write in phrases, lines, sentences. The fictioneers had trouble with this too. I kept thinking of this as a very skinny poem, and they kept thinking of theirs as vertical sentences. Harry's got us realizing what we do habitually, automatically, and is teaching us the difference between automatic writing and habitual writing. Something like that.
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