New Writing Exercise #31 devised by Margaret Wilkinson THE GARDEN   #1 To avoid cliché, write a description of a garden on paper, then cut the sheet in two vertically with scissors, a wiggly cut that preserves whole words. Move the right side to the left, so the uncut edges are together and shift it up one line. Sellotape the sides together and harvest the resulting juxtapositions. #2 Describe a garden so that it also communicates what’s going on between two people despite what appears to be the case. Perhaps they are arguing, but the garden description hints at passion and desire; or they are embracing, but the garden hints at the end of their affair.
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