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INVENT
(c) 1988 by Louie Crew
Invent prompts you to enter words and then scrambles them.
To run, at the MS-DOS prompt enter just
INVENT
Then hit the <ENTER> key and follow directions on the screen.
You may enter up to 40 each: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
The screen reminds you that you may stop the entry of any category as soon
as you like, by hitting the <ENTER> key without entering a new word.
The program generates new sentences quickly, one screen full at a time.
You may request as many re-scramblings of the same data as you like.
In a file called INVENTED.DAT, the program preserves all the data it
generates. If INVENTED.DAT already exists, the program appends new
material to it. From time to time you should rename or erase INVENTED.DAT
so that it will not become too bulky.
Tips
1. INVENT works best if you enter words that matter to you
2. The more words you enter, the richer the variety of the combinations which
the program will generate. Also, the wider your range of words, the
richer the associations which INVENT will suggest.
3. INVENT works best if you resist entering strings of synonyms. Also
resist entries which are all abstract, or all concrete. Otherwise,
enter words quickly: don't try to anticipate the scramble. Edit after
you see INVENT's suggestions, not before. Let INVENT disinhibit you,
not box you in.
4. You may enter phrases or clauses when the program prompts for words,
especially when it prompts for ADVERBS. If you enter clauses for
ADJECTIVES they will sometimes appear in ungrammatical order.
5. As a "noun," you can enter the noun plus and adjective phrase or clause
(e.g., "man who ate my dog"), but the full phrase or clause will appear
each time the program randomly chooses this "noun."
6. If you enter all verbs in the past tense, INVENT will make fewer verb
errors.
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Caveats
The program will generate some novel collocations, gems which you may
polish to set in an appropriate jewelry. Sort these from the silly and
sometimes ungrammatical ones.
INVENT does NOT think for you; it rearranges some of your own thoughts and
may provoke you to think new thoughts. It works best as an heuristic.
INVENT is shareware. Copy freely, but don't dare sell. If you use,
contribute $7 to:
Louie Crew
P. O. Box 1545
Orangeburg, SC 29116-1545.
Send an SSAE to learn about other programs Louie Crew has written for writers.