tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post4142488533750645340..comments2024-03-26T15:49:44.555+00:00Comments on How To Write Badly Well: Be clear about what objects can and can’t doJoel Stickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14270604410152020281noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-46070521497223987842014-11-16T09:07:43.841+00:002014-11-16T09:07:43.841+00:00All you need to do to get your socks to insulate y...All you need to do to get your socks to insulate your soul is to spell "soul" differently.The Other Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-5993313666390516132010-08-10T19:45:43.261+01:002010-08-10T19:45:43.261+01:00Wow. I want socks that can insulate my soul agains...Wow. I want socks that can insulate my soul against the chill of guilt.<br /><br />I think the most Badly Well touch was the (also numb) - putting it in parentheses really takes the zing out of the emotional impact.C12VTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-37079761814124758442010-08-09T18:33:23.889+01:002010-08-09T18:33:23.889+01:00To pick, pick, pick apart the brilliance of this p...To pick, pick, pick apart the brilliance of this post, I think the subtle mismatch of tone between the situation and the description really makes the Badly work Well. The slightly technical bent of "opaque" perfectly fails to convey the depth of his shame, while the frivolity of "tingle" and "spearmint" is just enough to completely mute the atmosphere of fear you're being told exists.<br /><br />It's like the BrainAge test where you have to read the word "Blue", but it's written in yellow. Very Badly Well done. =)MarcTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-60039048778165944072010-08-09T17:44:14.771+01:002010-08-09T17:44:14.771+01:00Is it really bad that I kind of liked that?Is it really bad that I kind of liked that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-65195078362599684942010-08-09T14:42:01.081+01:002010-08-09T14:42:01.081+01:00That's quite impressive. Reads as if a graduat...That's quite impressive. Reads as if a graduate student in the English department were taking on some bizarre literary challenge--to make the physical events insignificant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-10312716750346927062010-08-09T14:28:05.831+01:002010-08-09T14:28:05.831+01:00Ha!
I loved seeing his soul as being located ins...Ha! <br />I loved seeing his soul as being located inside of his feet.A. L. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402497863822513200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-56827053656439360632010-08-09T13:11:54.027+01:002010-08-09T13:11:54.027+01:00He should have gone for a fisherman's friend.
...He should have gone for a fisherman's friend.<br />:-)Old Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-51954842955821322292010-08-09T12:12:52.942+01:002010-08-09T12:12:52.942+01:00What a wonderfully bad piece of writing! When'...What a wonderfully bad piece of writing! When's the book coming out?ashwinsudhirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784887753498213008noreply@blogger.com