“Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous.” WritingTryingPersonsJealousDiariesOld Person Book:Submarine Source: Submarine
“Exercise II. Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous. I have written an example to get you started: Dear Diary, I spent the morning admiring my skin elasticity. God alive, I feel supple.” FeelsWritingTryingPersonsMorningAliveWrittenExampleExerciseSkinsDearJealousDiariesAdmiringSuppleOld PersonElasticity Author:Joe Dunthorne
“The next thing Jordana says makes me realize that it's too late to save her. "I've noticed that when you light a match, the flame is the same shape as a falling tear." She's been sensitized, turned gooey in the middle. I saw it happening and I didn't do anything to stop it. From now on, she'll be writing diaries and sometimes including little poems and she'll buy gifts for her favourite teachers and she'll admire the scenery and she'll watch the news and she'll buy soup for homeless people and she'll never burn my leg hair again.” PeopleWritingLittlesSometimesLightFallNextRealizingWatchesSawsTeacherMiddleTearsHairShapesLateNewsHappeningsIncludingLegsAdmireFlamesToo LateFavouriteHomelessSoupDiariesSceneryHomeless People Author:Joe Dunthorne
“There will be birds and if they write your name in the sky then you can get on the buses and if they don't you have to die on the floor.” IfsWritingDiesNamesSkyBirdBus Author:Joe Dunthorne
