I came across a link today (via K.M Weiland) to a post on AuthorCulture with a fun challenge to write a sentence illustrating redundancy. I played around with the idea today while multi-tasking, in true IT fashion. What I finally came up with ended up more like a tongue-twister than a redundant sentence, but once I began to hear it in my head I stopped thinking about redundancy and was struck simply by the way it sounded.
In my recent fiction writing efforts I had forgotten how much fun words can be, not just for their precision, but simply for their sound.
I’ve posted the sentence I wrote below along with a challenge of my own.
“He knew he didn’t know what he didn’t know, but knowing he didn’t know it didn’t mean he didn’t need it and he knew he needed it more than he needed to know it.”
Okay. Now it’s your turn!
Using alliteration or assonance, or both, craft a sentence that’s simply fun to hear. Write something, anything! Don’t worry if it makes sense (think Dr. Seuss if that helps), as long as it sounds interesting then post it in the comments if you’d like to share.
As for me, I’ve started hearing all my neglected poetry calling out for me to come and play this weekend.
Maybe I will . . . it sounds like fun!