Free Association and Fiction

Free Association must have been the funnest thing I've learned to do in this class. Often enough I just look at something and try to devise a story from the object. A tree, A squirrel, A pen even can be objects to write about. Good muse tools are hard to come by. This particular one seems to help me when I am stuck in a block. In the same respect I suppose that I could say that "Lies" is one of my favorite tools to use as well. I've written a poem about a squirrel being severely angry with a pigeon who kept stealing his nuts. It was meant to be funny, but it was fun playing with a subjects emotions to see how realistic you can make them feel. Fictional writing can be one of the most imaginative tools a poet or author in general can use.