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Cut Up

For writing song lyrics. Open index.html in a browser. Input lyrics, poetry, news fragments, political speeches, etc. This program will shuffle the lines of your input for you.

Often the program will output an interesting rearrangement that is more stimulating than your original text. If not, sometimes nonsense triggers free-association and helps you come up with more ideas.

It could be argued that all language is just cutting up words and rearranging them. David Bowie used this method to trigger fresh ideas and search his imagination. Now, you can too.

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I kind of like how plain and HTML 1.0 it all looks. Therefore, don't be surprised if I keep it that way.

Feature ideas

  • Super examples
  • Super swap
  • Set scramble amount
  • Setting for shuffle granularity (by word, by line, by every n lines)
  • Highlight + save lines from shuffled output for later
  • Show and compare multiple shuffles at once
  • Show shuffle "fragments" (2-4 lines) in rapid succession, like/dislike button for fast evaluation, save liked subsets for later
  • Export to .txt
  • Format output in common song formats, e.g. 4 line verses, 2 line choruses
  • Save shuffle history in browser storage
  • Pair lines that happen to rhyme. Use input history.
  • Have example inputs ready for first time users
  • Mobile responsiveness

changelog

v0.3

  • Added better example lyric generation
  • Switched to two column layout, other UI edits
  • Shuffle by word by default

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✏️ Simple tool for combating writer's block

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