I have to give inspiration to this to the wonderful folks at MadLibs(TM).
(See http://www.madlibs.com/ if you don't know/remember what MadLibs(TM) are/were.)
The gist is that a reader has a piece of prose with some parts of speech left blank. The reader then asks the players (team members, committee, etc) to provide a preposition, definite article, proper noun, etc. depending on what the story calls for. No Context is Provided!
After all the parts of speech are recorded, the story (memorandum, strategic goal, mission statement, etc.) is read back with the suggestions in their proper grammatical and syntactical place. Usually, hilarity reigns.
Example: Reader asks for a noun and a noun
Possible answer(s): money senate
Context: It was the best of money; the worst of senate.
This could be a nice way to take the sting and stress out of some of that (formal) writing that we are all called upon to do.
It is also a nice diversion as a party game. There is a version for family trees that I am going to bring to our family reunion this summer. I can't wait to see/hear the results!
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