Word Zen

There's one thing I was going to mention in my "Kinsey Report at 60" posting about my story, but I forgot.

Sometime back we had a brief discussion about the "AutoSummarize" feature in Word, and how it could be used repeatedly to accomplish a certain poetic effect. Well, I did this with an early draft of "Between Red Covers", and this zennish thing was the result:

"Charlie—just Charlie."
Roger Lee looked up from his book.
"Roger Lee! Roger Lee!"
Brenda picked up the book. "It's a book!"
"Not just any book…."
Sarah closed the book.
"Only if they read the book."
"Yes, only if they read the book."

True, I've read the story and you haven't yet, but I found the result eerie.

Posted on January 6, 2008 at 12.07 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Writing

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  1. Written by Spunkdaddy
    on Monday, 7 January 2008 at 20.49
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    Very Zennish.

  2. Written by Bill Morrison
    on Tuesday, 8 January 2008 at 01.24
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    You forget, I HAVE read the story, and it's VERY eerie indeed. I'm so glad the story was accepted.

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