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Chargement... It Was a Dark and Stormy Nightpar Scott Rice
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Hilarious collection of entries into a bad written contest that challenges contributors to craft the worst possible opening sentence for a novel. Possibly more enjoyable for those who write prose, but definitely amusing for anyone that enjoys reading. ( ) Not exactly a laugh-a-thon, but good for a few snickers (especially the "Vile Puns" section). Many of the entries are brilliant in the manner of "someone impersonating a drunk on ice skates," as the introduction's metaphor goes. It offers good exercise for writers like me. I attempted to parse what made each entry a bad opening line. I'm not sure I've passed, since some of these false starts had genuine hooks to them, I thought (how did someone drown in their sleep? I want to know.) I think some of the entries are more subtle, where perhaps the sentences themselves aren't bad but suggest the (non-existent) novel to follow would be bad by implication. I won't go hunting for more in this series, but one was fun to read. Over time, I've become less and less of a fan of the Bulwer-Lytton Contest and more of a fan of the "little Lytton" one. The main issue I had is that, absent any limit, the openings tend to go on and on, often giving off the feeling that the author is just trying far too hard. Put a bunch of them together in one volume, and the problem becomes unavoidable. Ultimately good for the occasional chuckle, but primarily tedious otherwise. This selection from the best (if that is the word) entries to the first of what became an annual bad-writing contest: a challenge "to compose the worst possible opening sentence for an imaginary novel" is crammed with snippets of entertaining monstrosities. I will not cite them here: the book entirely deserves your attention. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: Little did the obscure novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton know in 1830 when he penned that most relished, imitated, and lampooned opening sentence in English literature, "It was a dark and stormy night..." that his words would inspire countless aspiring writers struggling incessantly like boats against the current to emulate his unparalleled style and that his name would grace "The Bulwer-Lytton Contest" honoring his most successful followers. Get it? Abounding in shameless sentences, this audio rendition of the original contest is a hilarious-even perversely instructive-collection of skilled, inept writing. .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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