tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post6050389806740109737..comments2024-03-26T15:49:44.555+00:00Comments on How To Write Badly Well: Get as much detail into your opening sentence as possibleJoel Stickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14270604410152020281noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-37142618746303475952010-09-15T05:30:57.005+01:002010-09-15T05:30:57.005+01:00Needless to say.Needless to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-70334644969947212202010-02-18T04:34:45.109+00:002010-02-18T04:34:45.109+00:00The longest opening sentence I ever seen.The longest opening sentence I ever seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-46232260921053399232010-02-05T22:16:19.763+00:002010-02-05T22:16:19.763+00:00Reads like DFW to me. Too soon?Reads like DFW to me. Too soon?-Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322930035145720543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-40111994217854902322010-01-04T17:32:59.566+00:002010-01-04T17:32:59.566+00:00And Johnny's post raises the question: are you...And Johnny's post raises the question: are you going to submit this to the annual Bulwer Lytton fiction contest (http://www.bulwer-lytton.com)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-80254619454142032262009-12-23T23:16:37.653+00:002009-12-23T23:16:37.653+00:00Of course, the most famous example of this is the ...Of course, the most famous example of this is the opening to Bulwer-Lytton's PAUL CLIFFORD:<br /><br />"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the house-tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13548481529444514311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-21168616102960397532009-12-23T22:50:52.631+00:002009-12-23T22:50:52.631+00:00I have to admit, I would not be able to resist rea...I have to admit, I would not be able to resist reading more.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925593802209715440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-90522071618233714432009-12-23T21:09:13.933+00:002009-12-23T21:09:13.933+00:00It's like A Tale of Two Cities, except without...It's like A Tale of Two Cities, except without all that pesky command of the English language.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08242563090108381347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-41345382840871396802009-12-23T21:00:11.144+00:002009-12-23T21:00:11.144+00:00I'm hooked, where's it gonna go next?I'm hooked, where's it gonna go next?Tuesday Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992744440120656167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-83894547509385735872009-12-23T20:26:47.492+00:002009-12-23T20:26:47.492+00:00That made my head hurt. Excellent job!That made my head hurt. Excellent job!Donna Gambalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00317767593205769881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-63010600576811335082009-12-23T18:56:38.728+00:002009-12-23T18:56:38.728+00:00The sad thing? I would totaly read that. I think y...The sad thing? I would totaly read that. I think you did too good of a job on this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-25681980721746798212009-12-23T16:48:47.859+00:002009-12-23T16:48:47.859+00:00Reminds me of Theodore Dreiser.Reminds me of Theodore Dreiser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-58403990155346943072009-12-23T16:16:18.675+00:002009-12-23T16:16:18.675+00:00You never fail to make me laugh.You never fail to make me laugh.Mary E Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298615414367828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128460350781036829.post-71383888882267652062009-12-23T15:45:38.787+00:002009-12-23T15:45:38.787+00:00Oh my god... that's how my mind works, and the...Oh my god... that's how my mind works, and then I have to take out the extraneous information so that people can understand what the hell I'm trying to say...Kristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843060336452856402noreply@blogger.com