forming thoughts in your head.

(your head is that dreary heavy meaty thing bobbling about on your
neck).

anyway, the way words work is kinda mysterious.

nouns and verbs and whatnot.

tone.

timing.

inflection.

context.

perspective and experience.

misinterpretation.

it's all so chaotic.

and yet, when we as writers/speakers really try hard, we can somehow
make some sort of mostly universally understood sense using words.

actually, we don't always have to try hard to make sense.

it often comes naturally.

like a dog's bark.

or a bird's chirp.

or a movie-goer's laugh.

all of these noises are words as well.

(albeit hard to spell).

anyway, if you randomly string several nouns together you have the
basis for a story.

for instance, think of five to ten nouns off the top of your head.

write them down.

ask someone else to think up five to ten verbs (without showing them
your list).

then give each other a copy of your respective lists and both of you
independently write up a very short story using those nouns and verbs.

read the two results.

that's how words work.

your mind does most of the work.

if you call that work.

-$Zero...

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