Antenora
Detriment Deleter
Fiendish Philologist
Put down that harpoon gun, in the name of these wonderful birds!
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Post by Antenora on May 2, 2004 11:45:39 GMT -5
The Bulwer-Lytton Contest challenges one to write the worst possible opening sentence of a novel. Entries can get very long and rambling. I'm vaguely considering entering, and working on a long, bad sentence. The Lyttle Lytton Contest is similar, but entries are limited to 25 words, so you have to pack lots of badness into a short sentence. I'm hoping to enter this one too. My possible entries follow. What do you think of them? Which one is best, or worst? John lay calmly decomposing, and a candlestick sauntered by. I was, all, like "YOU GO TO HELL FOR THAT?!?!?!?" Gentle reader, do forgive me for the bloodstains on pages 17, 54, and 87.
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Luigi
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Post by Luigi on May 2, 2004 16:17:09 GMT -5
J: I don't think I could enter...but writing horribly i my forte.
Captiosus: Though the 3rd one seems like a Snicket-ish beggining.
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Antenora
Detriment Deleter
Fiendish Philologist
Put down that harpoon gun, in the name of these wonderful birds!
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Post by Antenora on May 2, 2004 18:31:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the nice comments. I don't have my Bulwer-Lytton sentence done yet; maybe tomorrow. Anyone got their own bad writing efforts to share? J, neither of the contests has an age restriction, so you could enter even if you're young as long as you can write badly.
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Post by negativenine on May 2, 2004 20:40:58 GMT -5
I like the first and third ones, but the second one's TERRIBLE... but I don't know what kind of bad you want, so...
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