Brevity is the soul of shit

[kitchen_kink]

I am supposed to write an essay for my grad school application in which I describe my experience of a work of art and why it was powerful and meaningful to me.

In 300 words.

Are they fucking kidding me? With the piece I've chosen, it takes me that many words to describe the piece, let alone my reaction to it, although I suppose those things are inseparable.

Sigh. I guess there's a reason I'm a fiction writer and not a poet. I'm not so great at the concision thing.

Hey, the_xtina - does that 100 words a day thing still exist? I think now would be a great time for me to try it out. Stories in 100 words, precisely. I could use the practice.

Comments

[the-xtina.livejournal.com]

Yup!

Also, just type '♥' 298 times, and end with 'the end'.

[gatopreto.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed this assignment a lot :) I did the Tolkien creation myth--I forget if I went over or nailed it.

[bluepapercup]

They did not ask you to describe the work of art, simply your experience of the work of art. Don't waste words on the art! They have wikipedia, they can look it up! Just dive right into your experience, as if you were all in front of the art. :)

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

what piece of art did you choose?

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

You need a Great Big Editing Pen. The kind that makes adverbs run in fear.

[montacute.livejournal.com]

oh, do i sympathize.

that said: grad school! neat! where/what are you applying to?

[gatopreto.livejournal.com]

Yes, I meant so say that, too. I got stuck there for a while then realized I dint need to describe.

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

Rinde Eckert's 90 minute opera, Orpheus X, which premiered at the ART last year.

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

Pacifica, for Counseling Psych.

[montacute.livejournal.com]

cool! (would this, then, entail moving to california?)

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

Nope! I would visit once a month.