Embrace randomness
title: “Embrace Randomness”
layout: note
date: 09-08-2022
last_modified_at: 2023-12-08 12:09
andom words and images to generate thoughts. Lots of these work best if you Write to a Timer, even if it’s arbitrary.
- Use a random word generator and work off two or three of the generated words.
- Generate a random image and do some Ekphrastic Writing. (Unsplash is good for this)
- Open a book to a random page. Use a sentence or phrase as the first line for your writing (aka bibliomancy)
You can also use randomness for editing. n7 is a technique that embraces the change and the unusual. Oblique Strategies are a way to embrace different directions.
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