Make up
Make up verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.
Usage example: she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project
Both terms in one sentence
- It makes the whole thing much more powerful and allows a child to think and make up their own mind about the whole conflict.
- They alternate drawing pages, and neither of them know what is going to happen in the next page - they just make up what they think is happening.
Source: Round Robin -
Instead of writers having to make up random words or think of real names, they can use mythological names or old words.
Source: Meaningful Name
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