Monday, March 24, 2008

Project Management

Requirements:
3 hours. A photographic memory. An Oxford Dictionary. Other People's Stories. Internet Resources. Forgiving Friends (can substitute with Oblivious). Emotional Pain. Relatability. A knowledge of contemporary language. Verbal dexterity.

Building Specifications:
More cadence. Less convoluted diction.

Risks:
1. You will be called to work.
2. You will lose your enthusiasm or get discouraged after writing the first line.
3. You will be obvious. Or infantile. Or trite.
4. You will let immediate frustrations have a veiled voice, undermining your intent.
5. In your most honest moments, you ape Stephen Dixon.
6. You won't bother to draft. You will write and publish. Zing.

Assumptions:
1. You will read the product over and over until it makes sense. Because you have more time on your hands than anyone else.
2. You will not use a Thesaurus, because it is always obvious when you do.
3. If you aren't completely spent by the ordeal, you could at least proofread.

Sponsors:
Your own ego. Your need to become immanent, relevant. Your folly. Your purging.

Mission Statement:
There's rarely a plot.

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