Assignment+Due+on+March+17th


 * Write 3 seven-liners, each based on a different piece that you have done this year.**
 * This is an exercise in revision.
 * To transform a story into a seven-liner, you will have to tear down some walls.
 * Maybe you'll keep the couch, salvage the door, rebuild a window reminiscent of the old one.
 * Maybe you'll start from scratch--same memory, entirely new words.
 * Resist the urge to fit everything in.
 * Hang on to what is meaningful and lose the rest


 * Guideline for seven-liners:**
 * Don't worry about writing in complete sentences.
 * Don't worry about using punctuation.
 * You are welcome to use sentences and punctuation, as long as you don't //worry// about it.
 * Break the lines wherever it makes sense to you to break them.
 * Write 7 lines.


 * Here are some examples of seven-liners:**

(Learning to Walk, Age 12)

My feet feel like a sno-globe settling. I go to stand up And catch myself on the groaning table. My feet were not where I thought they were. Now I look at them to check where they are Before I stand and sway. I reach like a toddler for the kitchen counter and veer towards it.

(Planning the Python Skit for the Mascot Assembly with Maggie, Age 18)

Petrified of a lame show, we piddled for hours And only got going at Way past our bed time Rolling on the carpet in our den Laughing at our own punchiness Not caring if it would translate to our classmates senses of humor Until I was in the sound booth, looking at the back of all of their heads.

(An Afternoon Alone in San Francisco, Age 29)

I'm stuck in Fisherman's Wharf Not a bad place to be except Ghirardelli Square is one flight up a broken elevator Or a very steep hill that turns me away every time I try it. When no one is looking Maybe if I go sideways, leaning forward Grab the lamppost... I made it to Lafayette Park.