Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Creativity > Tilted Literature


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 08-02-2008, 02:48 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
roachboy's Avatar
 
Super Moderator
Location: essex ma
a writing challenge

i like constraints.
constraints are rules or procedures that you follow rather than prompts which inspire---hopefully, they do both, but in the end, it's a procedure.

this one is loose, and i stole is from mixedmedia's blog:

make something from bits of overheard conversations.
you can go as far with this as you like--something in which all the dialogue is made up of bits of conversation you heard between other people---or something in which everything is made from bits of overheard conversation.

[[aesthetic rule: the less you do that is not overheard conversation, the better. ideally, you'd add just enough to make things flow in a curious way. but it's open this time, so]]

the other rule:
what you make should be about overhearing or misunderstanding of garble in some way.

the form is open (prose, poetry. declarations).
you should add something at the end which says how you used the conversation elements you collected.

so go ye forth:
eavesdrop.
manipulate.
enjoy.
__________________
a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

-kamau brathwaite

Last edited by roachboy; 08-02-2008 at 02:51 AM..
roachboy is offline  
Old 08-02-2008, 04:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
ring's Avatar
 
Location: ❤
Disembodied Voice: "What city and state please?"

Me: "Fond du Lac, Wisconsin."

DV: Did you say "Fortune deity viscosity?, is that correct?"

Me: 'No."

DV: "Try again."

Me: "Fond du Lac, Wisconsin."

DV: "Did you say Cadillac extension, is that correct.?"

Me: "No."

DV: "Try again."

Me: "Operator."

DV: "Connecting to an operator now."


I hope this fits the criteria well enough.
The US, 411 voice recognition system is kinda fun to play with at times, it never works.

Last edited by ring; 08-02-2008 at 04:52 AM..
ring is offline  
Old 08-02-2008, 07:38 AM   #3 (permalink)
eats puppies and shits rainbows
 
RetroGunslinger's Avatar
 
Location: An Area of Space Occupied by a Population, SC, USA
I'll write down what I hear at work today and see what I can do...
__________________
It's a rare pleasure in this world to get your mind fucked. Usually it's just foreplay.

M.B. Keene
RetroGunslinger is offline  
Old 08-07-2008, 04:01 AM   #4 (permalink)
 
roachboy's Avatar
 
Super Moderator
Location: essex ma
that sounds like a wonderful adventure, like marilyn monroe.

don't let on we know: i know we don't work with anything.
we show all different kinds of shows.
people line the walls like wallpaper.
at least we're covered.



it's a chair that you wear.
no feet involved, i promise.








where are you now?



i'm right here.




you might be a hologram.






i won't be here another time: i'm only here now.







[[conversation fragments from a sociology convention]]
__________________
a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

-kamau brathwaite
roachboy is offline  
Old 08-07-2008, 04:25 AM   #5 (permalink)
You had me at hello
 
Poppinjay's Avatar
 
Location: DC/Coastal VA
For a real fun time, try calling 511.

Me: Quantico

511: There are....no....incident reports for Quantico.

Me: Dumfries

511: Did you want the weather forecast for....Quantico?

Me: No.

511: Sorry, I didn't understand that, switching to touch tone mode.

Me: NO.

511: To go back to voice response, dial 88

Me: (88)

511: Okay! Going to voice reponse mode.

Me: Dumfries.

511: Would you like to know the VRE schedule for..... Quantico?

Me: NO!

511: There are no incident reports for....Quantico.

Me: I-95

511: Sorry, I didn't understand that. switching to touch tone mode.

Me: (888888888888)

511: Okay! Going to voice reponse mode.
__________________
I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
Poppinjay is offline  
 

Tags
challenge, writing

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:25 PM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360