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Cut-up Engineer

Cut-up technique app

Cut-up Engineer (free app)

The cut-up technique is a literary technique in which a text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text.
It is used by famous writers and musicians for overcoming writer’s block and finding new inspiration.

How to use:
1. Input or copy and paste some text inside the input boxes
2. Select which input to use
3. Select how to use the cut-up (based on words or sentences) an how many elements to include.
4. Select how many combinations you want to create
5. Go to Result tab and press PROCESS button

Read more about cut-up technique:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-up_technique

http://www.openculture.com/2016/07/how-to-jumpstart-your-creative-process-with-william-s-burroughs-cut-up-technique.html

http://www.openculture.com/2015/02/bowie-cut-up-technique.html

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/burroughs-cutup.html

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