Tribe.net. Local Connections -ty http://expwriting.tribe.net/thread/e0c45222-21e7-4a33-994b-53c1fc349142#f396c41b-11c3-47ee-9750-37559b8d84f8 2008-03-20T16:02:06Z 2008-03-20T16:02:06Z

Here is a not so good example but it works nonetheless "He stands transfixed on the middle plateau between the top and bottom of a bipartisan staircase. Above him are his dreams in a loft bedroom without walls. Below is reality, and work, and life set at different levels from a living space and workroom to a cargo elevator into the city. " "Bipartisan" is comfortably used to describe a political system rather than a staircase. All peer critiques have had difficulties with it and suggest other words; however, bipartisan also represents a choice as does the staircase in the story. Not just of up or down but of dreams or life, memories or work, past or present, republican or democrat. i will see if i can find another example.

-ty 2008-03-20T16:02:06Z William http://expwriting.tribe.net/thread/e0c45222-21e7-4a33-994b-53c1fc349142#5634f8bc-a624-4f99-b7cd-16b84ad29459 2008-03-20T13:30:02Z 2008-03-20T13:30:02Z

That's interesting. How do you mean?

William 2008-03-20T13:30:02Z -ty http://expwriting.tribe.net/thread/e0c45222-21e7-4a33-994b-53c1fc349142#63842323-8452-4dc3-92e7-df1f0fa46641 2008-03-19T17:09:29Z 2008-03-19T17:09:29Z

my favorite writing device is to use a commonly known word and use it in a correct but uncomfortable context

-ty 2008-03-19T17:09:29Z alex http://expwriting.tribe.net/thread/e0c45222-21e7-4a33-994b-53c1fc349142#e2e1a8fc-3b79-4e43-9b90-711f3c258417 2008-01-03T22:32:19Z 2008-01-03T22:32:19Z

What about the true energetic meaning from which words came - and have you seen where the colloquial use often is almost opposite from that? Would this possibly create confusion? Might that be the intention?

alex 2008-01-03T22:32:19Z