[bookshare-discuss] Re: Some Amusing Bad Writing
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:00:55 -0700
Roger, are you referring to the Bulwer-Lytton writing Contest wherein
contestants have to write the first sentence of an imaginary bad novel or
display all the powers of purple prose that Bulwer-Lytton was capable of
writing, such rules as never use a simple phrase when a more complicated one
strikes your fancy, preferably going on at great length about what doesn't
need to be stated. For example, if a night is stormy, it will most likely be
dark, due to the preponderance of cumulonimbus clouds in the vicinity, and
of course everybody knows the rain will be coming down in buckets, making
everybody out in it feel miserable. Why say "home" when you can say
"domicile", "residence", or "abode". I remember listening to a program which
primarily dealt with science fiction and one of the things I remember was
hearing Harlan Ellison speaking of writerly tendencies which bugged him. For
example, nobody can hiss when saying: "Get out of here!" It's a physical
impossibility to do that. I've encountered books where how a person spoke
was described a lot with adverbs. Even though I've encountered such stuff, I
could still enjoy the story. Regards, Kim Friedman.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Loran Bailey [mailto:rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 5:08 PM
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Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Some Amusing Bad Writing
My own comment might be considered laughable too. That came from a formerly
sighted person who temporarily forgot that he was blind and speaking to a
bunch of other blind people. Anyway, I did see that movie before I became
blind and it was one of those movies that was so bad that it was good. There
were a lot of other gaffs in it too, but I think most of them had to be seen
to be appreciated. For example, one of the lead characters was played by
Bela Lugosi. Before the movie was finished Bela Lugosi died and another
actor was substituted. They tried to cover up the substitution by having the
other actor cover his face with a cape. There is a group of fans of bad
movies who are practically fanatical about that one along with movies like
"Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster" and others. Obviously there are also a
coterie of bad writing fans too. I forget the name of it, but on this list
there was some discussion of a series of books dedicated to awards for bad
writing.
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Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:44 PM
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>I didn't notice, of course, Roger, you will laugh at my comment, because
>I'm blind, though I do have light perception.
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> From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:37 PM
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>
>> That reminds me of the movie "Plan Nine from Outer Space." There is a
>> chase scene in it where parts of it were filmed at night and other parts
>> of it were filmed in the daytime. Did the people who made that movie
>> really think that no one would notice?
>>
>>
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>>
>> "Socialism is an attack on poverty." - W. E. B. Du Bois
>>
>>
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>> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:14 PM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Some Amusing Bad Writing
>>
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I'm submitting a BSO tomorrow of a book I just finished reading. The book
>> is Runelords: The Sum of All Men, the first book in the Runelords fantasy
>> series by David Farland. I am series captain for this eight book, (so
>> far) series.
>>
>> It's actually a good book. Along with the conventional Fantasy elements,
>> the author adds some imaginative ideas of his own and explores them in
>> depth. The book also has greater moral complexity than a lot of Fantasy
>> out there.
>>
>> But in my opinion, the writing could be better. Here is perhaps one of
>> the best examples that might give some of you a chuckle:
>>
>> By evening the clouds blew out of the region altogether, and warmer air
>> now suffused the night, almost as if it were any other afternoon in late
>> summer.
>>
>> Evan
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