Canterbury tales – verbs and nouns etc.
Tuesday afternoon in Canterbury. Everything peaceful, fairly stable weather – like in a dream (the day, not the night one :)). The best option for the afternoon? Probably Canterbury walks, or fish & chips in Whitstable, for most people. For me – creative writing class at Pilgrims.
Looking for verbs? You won’t find any :) Wouldn’t it sometimes feel good to rebel against the everlasting terror of verbs and put across a message without them? Try it :)
I got the idea of writing a letter without verbs from Mario Rinvolucri during one of his creative writing classes.
So true. The tyranny of the verb in teaching, this obsessive focus on the verb and getting it correct, while ignoring the communicative power of simple high-content words and phrases – a recipe for the most persistent stumbling block to more flexible, expressive, emotive and effective learning. (no verbs used)