pens down

ah, before melly reminds me of the deadline again.

so very simply, mel and i are supposed to come up with something 'creative' for our class report- and that's due next saturday. so we've got like, a week. i had the initial idea of painting (hence the blank paper), but melly backed out and i figured there won't be that much of a time (we're not like prodigies in art to begin with) so we're settling for writing instead. the blank piece of paper works for this too, heh.

so what we gonna write? well, i'm gonna start a page of fiction, then melly's gonna continue, then it's back to me again, then to melly, then me, then melly'd end it. so that's creativity compressed into six pages. we work on the rule that if we can't finish a sentence on the page we're writing on, we'll have to stop there. so yeah, if the sentence hangs then that's where the other person has to pick up from.

and i get to start! that's like playing god- i set the pace, the main characters, the setting. melly, well, she gets to end it. whether the main character dies, grows bald, gets married, sprouts three hands and a pair of wings- it's her call. kinda like a more powerful god, ha. sounds like fun already.

but the thing about having the free hand to start on anything? it drives me nuts. i'd conceive an idea, then another'd come up, and another, and another. to a certain extent i think creativity requires some sorta barrier. like you're stuck, and you find your way out. right now i'm on infinite ground. hm. will go nap now, and see what i come up with later.

so if you (our readers) do get to catch us within the short span this blog will have, welcome. we'll be posting our progress here (and our stories too!) so check back often.

what to write, what to write?