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PROCESS: MASQUERADING NOUNS AS VERBS
Here is a technique that author Karen Russell does beautifully: making up verbs using active nouns. Can you picture a smooth character who “tigered” around a party? Or a child who likes to “jack-in-the-box” out from behind the sofa? Or a quiet animal “ghosting” through the forest? Any noun with built-in motion can function well as a made-up verb – and these new verbs can add liveliness and movement to a scene.
Try this: Keep a list of nouns that have their own built-in motion, and test some of them out as verbs in your writing.
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PROMPT
Describe the fault lines. (10min)
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