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September 08, 2006
How to enliven an extremely dull anecdote by employing creative literary techniques (3)
-- Use punctuation to create suspense
Last night I went to CVS to pick up a ... prescription and to get ... baby wipes. But, I, forgot, the, baby wipes. So I had to go back (to the store!).
-- Write it like a hard-boiled detective story
It was dark. I needed baby wipes. A prescription too. As I sped away, I got a funny feeling, like something wasn't quite right. Little did I know.
-- Embellish for "obvious dramatic reasons" like James Frey
It was Dark Outside and I had to get baby wipes and a Prescription. I started Thinking about all those years I spent in prison and about the time I woke up Bleeding on an Airplane. Then I got in a Brawl with a few dozen Thick Necked cops. In the midst of all this, I forgot the baby wipes, so I had to go back to the store with Blood In My Eyes.
Posted by teb at September 8, 2006 12:44 PM