Author: Arch Copy
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The Good Boys
The boys I have loved. Even the worst of them made me hot water bottles in the night, brought improvised snacks into bed. They sorted out, they picked up, they dropped off. They indulged flights of drama and dried tears. They went after lost purses and rolled a thousand cigarettes. They wrote letters, drew pictures,…
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Yummy, Yummy Data
Did another one. This post is about how amazing data is for writing amazing content. Numbers, blah. BUT: the only way to write content that is just oh so perfect for your target audience is to look at the numbers. Before, to tell you what they liked in the past. And after, to tell you…
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Stripping the Corpus
Good phrases from my corpus, as I am allowing myself to call it: Feeble sex Afraid and crying The wrinkled shade of the canyon Rhythm stolen Clever pebbles Slowly fuck the love back inside Grimy wrist Forgotten castle Polished immortality The author of tangled charity acts Camaro snarls The blanket creeps Some belated chick Tomorrow…
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Oulipoetry
Challenge: Nouns swapped for randomly-selected words from the book I’ve just finished: Deaf Sentence by David Lodge. Just because it’s near me and it’s Friday and I’m in bed. Original: Kid Freak You’re a dingy freak with opium claws. Liquid stress, clever words scattering in the gutter. Pick ‘em up kid. Scrabble in the dirt…
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