> The morning soured the moment a stink bug on the window dropped into the pancake batter.
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In this line I wanted to explore using articles. When do we use "the" and when do we use "a"? Grammar rules don't really cover all the circumstances. Most of the time we have to feel our way to an answer/the answer.

> Nunchucks, walkie talkies, and skateboards with irreverent stickers gave childhood the taste of freedom.
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I like this line that works a bit like a puzzle. Does anyone remember The $25,000 Pyramid? It works a bit like that. Based on a sentence by Cyril Connolly writing as Palinurus.

> In the end, we found this one truth to be unverifiable.
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This line leans forward to the next. The "this" could refer to something in the previous sentence, but it feels more like its meaning will be revealed.

> When Star Trek is on, my husband submerges into an impenetrable bubble.
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Today's line ends in a tongue twister. If I ever write a book that I expect to be made into an audiobook, I'll want to put at least a few sentences that will vex the narrator. That's just the kind of guy I am.

> I kicked the bucket and spilled the beans.
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Today I'm having fun with idioms. This sentence forces you to break apart two common idioms. This is a bit different than what I've done before. You might say that I ran off the rails and ended up on the wrong side of the tracks.

> I'll never eat my grandma's vegetable stew again, not just because I lost the recipe, but because I've lost the context that made it necessary to transform carrots, cabbage, and potatoes into an all-day simmer that keeps a family of six warm and fed.
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Today's line is exploring an object of nostalgia. I'm taking something specific and making it stand in for a vanished way of life.

> The sirens screamed, "Stop what you're doing, drop it and forget everything--don't even think."
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What can we call this kind of line? The anthropomorphic monologue? I saw this pattern in a book by Carol Bly. Ascribe a bit of dialogue to an object or concept.

> The high cost of living, upon reflection, looks insignificant compared to the costs of dying.
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I call this pattern overextension. Take a well-known phrase, and recontextualize it by adding your own spin. It benefits from the familiarity of the idiom to give the line a bit more gravitas.

> I can't remember his name anymore, but I know it felt sharp and prickly.
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I'm trying out some synesthesia today. As a blending of senses, it's not quite a metaphor. If you you use the word "like" you've gone too far.

> She yelled, having followed his shoulders through the crowd of weary Christmas shoppers marching to and fro, but he pretended not to hear his name.
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I wanted to explore the fractal nature of writing. This sentence structure is based on the first page of Haruki Murakami's "The City and Its Uncertain Walls". The structure looks like this: Foreground → Background → Foreground restored.