1.1. Imagine the Event (1 minute)

Think of a striking or transformative event — something that alters the environment (e.g., a toxic algae bloom, a rupture in the forest floor, a mass migration).

Important: You will never write the event itself. Just hold it in your mind as a silent centre.

2. Pre-Event Scene (10 minutes)

Write 200 words from the perspective of a non-human being or collective experiencing the build-up.

• Use at least 3 sensory channels (excluding sight, if possible) — e.g., humidity, magnetic pressure, vibration

• Apply a rhythmic constraint: start with 1 long sentence, followed by 3 short ones

• Focus on atmospheric cues, changes in behaviour, signals sensed but not understood

3. Mark the Elision (30 seconds)

Insert the ● symbol in the text where the event would happen. Do not describe it — let it be an opaque cut.

4. Post-Event Scene (7 minutes)

Write 120 words about the after from the same perspective.

• Describe altered textures, new silences, smells, densities

• Let the aftermath speak — still without naming or explaining the event

5. Reflect and Iterate (5 minutes)

Use the Anti-Anthropocentric Checklist to review your piece:

• Energy flows and residues — how did the environment metabolise the event?

• Partial perspectives — what cannot be known or narrated from this being’s view?

Identify one motif, sensation, or phrase worth expanding into a future world.

Optional Group Version

Swap your untold events with others. Read only the before and after. Let the group guess or discuss what the event might have been — not to reveal it, but to explore how absence can shape collective worlding.