Sonnets from Another Dimension

A Shakespearean Sonnet Writing Game for One #ZineQuest4

You are Shakespeare. That is indisputable. As you sit down to write your next masterpiece, however, you find yourself inexplicably in a different time, as a different person. You decide to do what you do best: untangle it in fourteen lines.

Mechanics

Using a deck of cards, you will generate the world you have come to find yourself in, as well as sonnets addressing your predicament. Each suit represents a theme, and each number represents a metaphor that will be used to inspire a sonnet that will reflect on who your character is.

This is a solo writing game that can be converted into multiplayer by having multiple people draw cards at the same time, writing different sonnets.

The structure of your sonnet is not dictated by any sort of meter or rhyme. The only rule is that it must be 14 lines long, including a couplet of conclusions.

Includes

Both the main game and teaching tools for it, both of which have a readable PDF in half letter size and a printable PDF booklet.