Last night I
dreamed about a class that was given a writing assignment involving notebooks
which were partially, sparsely filled in. Every ten pages or so, they included
a page which featured a doodle or an entry from a fictional character or a note
written by one of that character's friends. The entries were cryptic enough
that they could be interpreted in multiple ways, and never revealed the identity. The job of the writer was to flesh out that character
by using those entries as writing prompts; deciding what they meant and who the
person was, and creating a fictional story (or multiple stories) around them.
They were supposed to write in first person, taking on their identity.
I think that would actually be a cool project and those notebooks should exist in real life.
I think that would actually be a cool project and those notebooks should exist in real life.