Comments on: Page 123 and the AW January Blog Chain

By: Page 123 Meme « Testing Wordpress

Page 123 Meme « Testing Wordpress — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:30:25 +0000

[...] related, but, Rebecca, over at Writer’s Round About invited her readers to join her in the Page 123 Meme. It’s an interesting concept, and intrigued me to give it a go for some fun. Will it add [...]

By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith

Rebecca Laffar-Smith — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:42:21 +0000

@ Harrison: Wow! This is a powerful and intriguing segment that makes me want to find and read the book. I’m going to check out your 6 part series right now!

@ James: Interesting lines. It is a like a hook right there in the middle of the book. The handbook sounds like it contains a wealth of good advice.

@ Eliza: Wow, powerful imagery and wonderful word choices. Mark Z. Danielewski must also be a poet if his prose reads so majestically. Of course, as you mentioned even in these few lines he breaks writing conventions. I thought I was the only one who wrote run on sentences like those.

@ Michele: That’s exactly what the book is all about, Michele. It’s a guide to getting out of clutter. It’s a good thing it’s Spring now.

@ Jenn: Total Mom Makeover sounds like a brilliant book. I agree that the stronger your start to the day the more empowered the day that follows will be.

@ Eric: Thanks for stopping in Eric. Love your post!

@ Haley: Thanks for joining in Haley. Your sentences spark my interest.

By: Haley

Haley — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:26:04 +0000

What an intriguing exercise. Thanks for posting it.

I followed it up with my own post, but here’s the short version:

“I didn’t expect you so early. Jesus just brought the paper in. It’s on the table.”
– from Windswept by Ann Macela

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:13:11 +0000

It’s fun to see others out here with this meme. I posted mine a few days ago. I agree with the “stale, smoky air” image…yuck…

By: Jenny Greenleaf

Jenny Greenleaf — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:41:25 +0000

“Those little daily steps forward are the moments that really define us and determine our path. They happen when we put back that second cookie, when we turn off the TV and sit on the floor for a tea party, when we wash the dishes before we leave the kitchen, and when we roll out of bed and get our bodies going instead of getting a few more minutes of sleep. Back in grade school, we alwasy wanted to be at the head of the line.” — From Hannah Keeley’s Total Mom Makeover.

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:52:21 +0000

Your sentences make me want to “Spring clean”, Rebecca!

Since Janna tagged me as well, and I promised her I’d get to it this weekend, I’ll just come back and leave a link to my own 123 meme post here in the comments. How’s that?

This is kind of neat!

Smiles,
Michele

By: Eliza

Eliza — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:08:43 +0000

” Fueled by the discovery, Holloway insists on exploring at least some of the immediate hallways branching off the staircase. Soon enough he is stalking doorways, leading the dancing moon of Jed’s flashlight with the barrel of his rifle, and always listening. Corners, however, only reveal more corners, and Jed’s light only targets ashen walls, though soon enough they all begin to detect that inimitable growl, like calving glaciers, far off in the distance, which at least in the mind’s eye inhabits a thin line where rooms and passageways must finally concede to become a horizon. ”

House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielewski
(Fantastic book– read it if you haven’t. It breaks every writing convention I know, and does so brilliantly.)

By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens

James Chartrand - Men with Pens — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:55:18 +0000

“We’ve been to the other Old Places. We didn’t reach them in time to give any warnings. The witches were already gone – or dead.”

Anne Bishop – Shadows and Light

How I can apply this: Do not forget about what always was in the excitement of what is new. Once you realize the value of what we take for granted, it may not be there any more.

On a side note, I cheated. Because the closest book was the Little, Brown Compact Handbook. That one came to the section on Varying Sentence Structure, and I quote:

“If most of your sentences contain thirty-five words or more, your main ideas may not stand out from the details that support them. Break some of the long sentences into shorter, simpler ones. If most of your sentences contain fewer than ten or fifteen words, all your ideas may seem equally important and the links between them may not be clear.”

Hm. That’s good advice.

By: Harrison McLeod - Men with Pens

Harrison McLeod - Men with Pens — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:38:53 +0000

"By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist. That is the Void. People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be void." The book nearest me only had 95 pages so I had to improvise. It's The Book of 5 Rings, by Miyamoto Musashi. I have it on my desk at the moment because I'm wrapping up a 6 part series that compares the teachings of this 17th century samurai to writing. Thanks for the tag, I love this kind of stuff.