The basis of this compilation is really so I can experiment
with many types of writing styles and restrictions. After researching and being
shown many examples, rather than decide on just one I would try my hand a lot
of them to which has proven to be a very challenging task but something I want
to really tackle. It has also expanded my vocabulary some what and re hashed
some words I seldom use. I'll categorise the thought process on an individual
level pertaining to each story. This will spoil the password scheme and the overall
story ark.
1.
The first one is a basic introduction to the random
assortment of stories, as I was thinking of the collection of ideas I realised
that many would run into many clichés so rather than imposing on myself yet
another very challenging restriction, instead I would embrace it to see whether
it could pan out. As much as this is about stories or inner looks into ones personal
being I would like to express them through casual and intermediate wordplay.
This page is but a simple acronym of the word THIS which is the password to the
next page (at the time of writing, if I can get them to work which has been the
process of much headache so far). The acronym rather than being a shortened way
of saying a word, instead is sentences that would emulate from the starting
letters. This process of acronym is something that continues throughout the
entire story. As to whether I wish to change the process is up to debate but
I'm having fun making sentences out of a singular word.
2.
The second story is a recollection of a conversation with a
co-worker of mine who is in the picture. Instead the wordplay twist is that the
sentence both starts and ends with the same letter which gives the acronym a
double pronged approach. I also added a personal twist to the story as I too
feel the same way giving it a personal touch. Though this story may not have
the spiritual or philosophical approach as many of the other does, I thought it
could disarm the reader for just a moment before getting into the nitty gritty.
3.
Following on, I thought to the next phrase was wordplay I
found incredibly challenging but something I really wanted to give a go at,
though it barely makes sense for now and I hope to improve it at least has some
what of a proper sentence convention. The illustration oddly enough was thought
of afterwards as opposed to the other stories that was built around an image.
4.
Now begins the first 'inner look' style of meaning to ones
self. Usually with something being about destination, usually the word
"journey" would be dropped trying to indicate to the readers on how
destination is irrelevant when faced with a more wholesome journey. Seeing as I
had to work with the word "destination" I figured I would spin it
around and talk about destination as well as using said word at least once in
every line to 100% drill the word into the users head and drown out any motion
of journey.
5.
This one has an obvious theme to it and the picture used was one from an earlier tafe assignment that was centred around journey and destination and funnily enough back then I saw the top of the train station stairs to be destination enough to put a picture of viking heaven at the top. I figured the wordplay can be something simple by using the word destination in every sentence to staple the meaning in.
6.
This one was a spur of the moment idea which turned out to be half decent. I would have every word start with O and end with R however the first word had to be x amount of letters long and the next would add a letter to it. Unfortunately words starting with R and O were scarce but I did what I could with the tools I had.
7.
Originally the idea was to fill this space with words that would put the acronym of AMBIGIOUS in a diagonal fashion however every time I attempted it the formatting would go strange as I learnt that not every letter shares the same amount of space between each other. Not sure if I explained it properly but lets say you write a word with lots of 'i's in it then a word with no 'i' or 't'. The words would be spaced differently. So instead I had to make do with the word ambigious however I feel it looks aesthetically pleasing enough.
8.
This word puzzle is one of my favourites and if I didn't have to sit for a long time to think of words for it I would employ it everywhere I go. This one I call an 'acronym ladder' with the start and end letters being the same to form an acronym on both sides. I'm unsure if there is a technical term to this but I find acronym ladder to be a fun way of defining it.
9.
This ones a strange one, the idea was to make a sentence using two lines with two letter words to form a two letter acronym with a picture that illustrates the two letter word this acronym forms.
10.
My friend came up with this idea for me and said to put in a puzzle where there really isn't a puzzle to begin with to mess with people who are looking for something that isn't there. I thought it would be a playful idea to mix things up a bit.
11.
I had so many ideas for this one but the letter J is a fiscal little rascal that didn't want to co-operate with any of my plans so instead I would put the word down to its roots. Just the word. Just. Which links to the next segment as this page is the only one without the next hyperlink.
12.
This one I had the most fun with getting words to form a sort of cup formation but then I looked at it again and realised it looked more like a toilet bowl to which I then thought back to one of my favourite Monty Python song quotes "Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it". Seeing as the text was about life, I found it rather fitting.
13.
This acronym ladder I thought I'd illustrate properly using a wonky ladder as an example. Also this goes with my earlier attempt at the ambiguous word, despite these words having the same or similar amount of letters, it still proves to be wonky. Like the English language itself.
The end:
The ending was something that was inspired by a game called "The Stanley Parable" where despite finishing the game, you would just start it again and again and again. The same could go for a book, despite finishing it, whats left to do other than read another book? Read it again. So I played with the idea that any text read is something that can be read again so there really is no ending when you can read it again.
5.
This one has an obvious theme to it and the picture used was one from an earlier tafe assignment that was centred around journey and destination and funnily enough back then I saw the top of the train station stairs to be destination enough to put a picture of viking heaven at the top. I figured the wordplay can be something simple by using the word destination in every sentence to staple the meaning in.
6.
This one was a spur of the moment idea which turned out to be half decent. I would have every word start with O and end with R however the first word had to be x amount of letters long and the next would add a letter to it. Unfortunately words starting with R and O were scarce but I did what I could with the tools I had.
7.
Originally the idea was to fill this space with words that would put the acronym of AMBIGIOUS in a diagonal fashion however every time I attempted it the formatting would go strange as I learnt that not every letter shares the same amount of space between each other. Not sure if I explained it properly but lets say you write a word with lots of 'i's in it then a word with no 'i' or 't'. The words would be spaced differently. So instead I had to make do with the word ambigious however I feel it looks aesthetically pleasing enough.
8.
This word puzzle is one of my favourites and if I didn't have to sit for a long time to think of words for it I would employ it everywhere I go. This one I call an 'acronym ladder' with the start and end letters being the same to form an acronym on both sides. I'm unsure if there is a technical term to this but I find acronym ladder to be a fun way of defining it.
9.
This ones a strange one, the idea was to make a sentence using two lines with two letter words to form a two letter acronym with a picture that illustrates the two letter word this acronym forms.
10.
My friend came up with this idea for me and said to put in a puzzle where there really isn't a puzzle to begin with to mess with people who are looking for something that isn't there. I thought it would be a playful idea to mix things up a bit.
11.
I had so many ideas for this one but the letter J is a fiscal little rascal that didn't want to co-operate with any of my plans so instead I would put the word down to its roots. Just the word. Just. Which links to the next segment as this page is the only one without the next hyperlink.
12.
This one I had the most fun with getting words to form a sort of cup formation but then I looked at it again and realised it looked more like a toilet bowl to which I then thought back to one of my favourite Monty Python song quotes "Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it". Seeing as the text was about life, I found it rather fitting.
13.
This acronym ladder I thought I'd illustrate properly using a wonky ladder as an example. Also this goes with my earlier attempt at the ambiguous word, despite these words having the same or similar amount of letters, it still proves to be wonky. Like the English language itself.
The end:
The ending was something that was inspired by a game called "The Stanley Parable" where despite finishing the game, you would just start it again and again and again. The same could go for a book, despite finishing it, whats left to do other than read another book? Read it again. So I played with the idea that any text read is something that can be read again so there really is no ending when you can read it again.
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