I often find myself experiencing writers block, sometimes I feel like writing but become totally lost and get stuck for an idea. Today we are going to try a creative writing exercise called five songs. There are various things you can do with this, but for this exercise we will choose five of your favourite songs and their last lines. See mine below:
FNT by Semisonic
Last line; Even when you are not new.
Smooth Sailing by Queen of the Stone Age
Last line; Shut up.
Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas
Last line; Don't you cry no more, No more
The Man in the Box by Alice In Chains
Last line; Feed my eyes now you've sewn them shut
Heart Go Faster by Davey Brothers
Last line; I feel I could make it last forever
Last line; Even when you are not new.
Smooth Sailing by Queen of the Stone Age
Last line; Shut up.
Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas
Last line; Don't you cry no more, No more
The Man in the Box by Alice In Chains
Last line; Feed my eyes now you've sewn them shut
Heart Go Faster by Davey Brothers
Last line; I feel I could make it last forever
We will now do a multitude of things with this;
● Write a short paragraph with the last line of one song as a beginning.
● Use the last word all five songs in your opening sentence.
● Try to incorporate the themes or words into a narrative.
See mine below.
It was not new to him. Not that she knew at this point. No matter what, this was the last time. He'd sewn his own eyes shut to the truth of it all. She wrote that he was her always. They made love under the stars and kissed each others scars. Nothing was secret from him. Nothing was known by her. He had said to her "I could make it last forever." And she believed him at the time.
But as the years pulled at their relationship the stitches came undone and he began to see the lies he was living in, the guilt towards her became unbearable and his self destruction seemed the only way to end it. Little fights building, disagreements everyday and then he said "no more". It was the first thing they agreed on for six months of their wistful domestic failure. They gave freedom to each other in a kiss in the doorway and never saw each other again. Their past began to shut up, slowly at first as the memories resisted and the memorabilia was distraught before it was destroyed. Little is left of what they were and how they felt for each other. First love. Never matched, nevertheless it's not always real.
But as the years pulled at their relationship the stitches came undone and he began to see the lies he was living in, the guilt towards her became unbearable and his self destruction seemed the only way to end it. Little fights building, disagreements everyday and then he said "no more". It was the first thing they agreed on for six months of their wistful domestic failure. They gave freedom to each other in a kiss in the doorway and never saw each other again. Their past began to shut up, slowly at first as the memories resisted and the memorabilia was distraught before it was destroyed. Little is left of what they were and how they felt for each other. First love. Never matched, nevertheless it's not always real.
Please feel free to post your paragraphs in the comments.
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