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** The 15ers **

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15ERS

These are the exercise selections from the JYC.
Every one starts with something like this:
You have 15 minutes to do something with a random topic or task — prose or poem?
You might get 3 random objects, or an opening line — something hard to deal with, especially on short notice.
Then, after you’ve written it, you read it out.
Later, you take it home, try to read what you wrote, tidy it up,
type it up and polish it a bit, add a little so it makes sense — and there you have it.
It probably didn’t turn out too bad after all.
The 15 minutes — in fairness, after the polishing — has gone out the window a little.
It was originally done in 15 minutes. The name says it all.

They are not going to be lengthy
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Well, I was thinking of calling this section “The Quickeys,” but I was advised against it.
These are the selections: