Not long ago, I came across this note to myself:
“Story idea: paragraph or two, repeated … one or two words changed each time, till the end provides an entirely new view.”
It’s old, probably from the mid-’70s, and yet has become the basis of several series of my poems from the last decade.
In a way, it’s also the basis of my novel Hometown News, although the repeated sections and their variations are much longer than single paragraphs.
Works for me. Wonder what else I’ll turn up.
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Jnana's Red Barn 
I’m totally stealing this for a prompt challenge at my next critique group meeting!