Journal observations, your bank of ideas from which to write, will become playing

cards
for an instant story-making game called �CLOSAT.� To speed retrieval, tag each item
in the
margin with one or more of these CLOSAT categories:

C = description of Characters who could be used in a story.

L = interesting and visual Location.

O= curious or evocative Object.

S = loaded or revealing Situation.

A = unusual or revealing Act.

T = any Theme that intrigues you or that you see embodied in life.