Guide To Sentences

Taken from The Sentence Game's Instructions Page:

What are the rules for sentences?

Please do your best to keep within these bounds -- makes it more fun!

• Your sentence should be one sentence; but you can get creative with semicolons. That being said, it's not really a big deal if you use a period -- as long as it isn't a paragraph. The idea is to be short and concise while trying to squeeze in the main thrust of the picture. This adds to the fun.
• Write an *interpretation*, not a description! That means that if you encounter a picture of a woman burning a green triangle you should write "Dolly Parton's lifetime vendetta against polygons of green hue was abruptly resolved in flame." and not "A woman with big breasts burns a green triangle ". This also adds to the fun.
• Do not describe the picture as a report, such as "There is a brown box on the left and a banana on top; a monkey sits to the right; he is staring intently at the banana." That's boring. You may interpret the drawing, such as "a banana floats out of the box, just as the monkey willed it to do." But don't make things up -- only write that last sentence if it looks like the monkey is focused on making that banana float :-)
• Use creative wording! Ok, this isn't really a rule, but games are more fun when you use descriptive adjectives or creative names (like "Senior Ketchup" from one of the early games -- or the sentence referenced above).
• "clean up" is allowed (but only in extreme cases!!) So, for example if there's picture of a bear having sex with a goat, you can write that they are having tea together, playing parcheesi, etc... HOWEVER, try to maintain as much of the sentence as you can -- see if just changing one word will clean it up.