tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post2080850109429339326..comments2024-03-19T02:19:12.589+00:00Comments on How To Write Badly Well: Build tensionJoel Stickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14270604410152020281noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-81859544368832568452010-04-19T16:52:15.724+01:002010-04-19T16:52:15.724+01:00I don't believe I've ever been in the poet...I don't believe I've ever been in the poetry tent (unless in desperate need of shelter when it rains), but might give it a shot this year, then!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-69645166631581719312010-04-17T11:21:15.822+01:002010-04-17T11:21:15.822+01:00Yup – I'm compering the poetry tent again this...Yup – I'm compering the poetry tent again this year, for my sins. There's a lot of stage time to fill, so I might end up wheeling out some bits of this blog.Joel Stickleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14270604410152020281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-12092812132712126742010-04-16T23:19:23.621+01:002010-04-16T23:19:23.621+01:00That's exactly like me every time I have to ma...That's exactly like me every time I have to make the stretch for a packet of biscuits just out of reach. <br /><br />Would you by any chance be the same Joel Stickley who's on the bill for Latitude this year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-23418394958498162922010-04-15T04:16:35.449+01:002010-04-15T04:16:35.449+01:00awesomenessawesomenessAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388819164221290647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-35409485705354009572010-04-14T20:19:30.517+01:002010-04-14T20:19:30.517+01:00C-. Not suspenseful enough.C-. Not suspenseful enough.ProfessorTomhttp://professortom.xanga.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-85531729547056075882010-04-14T20:01:39.037+01:002010-04-14T20:01:39.037+01:00I see the point of how teasing the reader can back...I see the point of how teasing the reader can backfire on you ... a reader is like a cat. If a cat doesn't get the cat toy on the string sooner rather than later, he'll stop playing the game.<br /><br />But, dadgummit, I'm hungry for a grilled cheese sandwich. Now that's good writing.Cynthia Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128418037470085123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-45411786886596873192010-04-14T18:54:55.568+01:002010-04-14T18:54:55.568+01:00I second the comments above: this is actually not ...I second the comments above: this is actually not bad at all. I could see it in a story about someone with almost paralyzing anxiety. Reminds me a bit of Tibor Fischer's "Voyage To the End of the Room" :)Riccardonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-6977766324740954652010-04-14T16:27:20.364+01:002010-04-14T16:27:20.364+01:00Hungry now.Hungry now.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-3881686988710162622010-04-14T15:29:52.466+01:002010-04-14T15:29:52.466+01:00"...the cheesy, buttery, wholemeal taste of v..."...the cheesy, buttery, wholemeal taste of victory" - I might just have to steal that phrase for its awesomeness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-58681721086264613422010-04-14T15:13:29.835+01:002010-04-14T15:13:29.835+01:00Almost a cliff hanger...Almost a cliff hanger...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-11843608162886837232010-04-14T14:50:10.155+01:002010-04-14T14:50:10.155+01:00I agree with Phil. I was dying to find out what ha...I agree with Phil. I was dying to find out what happened next!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-77559644737041076082010-04-14T12:59:36.797+01:002010-04-14T12:59:36.797+01:00That's not bad writing.
It's brilliant.That's not bad writing.<br /><br />It's brilliant.PHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12442781568629782535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-1434529859406634462010-04-14T12:38:18.196+01:002010-04-14T12:38:18.196+01:00Will she, won't she?!?!
Wait for it, wait for...Will she, won't she?!?!<br /><br />Wait for it, wait for it -<br /><br />YES, YES, YES!! She did it!<br /><br />Phew.<br /><br />:-)Old Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-88797192528817594702010-04-14T12:08:32.065+01:002010-04-14T12:08:32.065+01:00:-):-)chrisnoreply@blogger.com