Guest Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 The Bulwer-Lytton contest bestows awards on those who produce the worst opening sentences for imaginary novels in various genres. I use it to talk about cliches, over-writing, purple prose, hopelessly digressive sentences, etc. Dd and I also have a lot of fun trying to come up with our own. Here are this year's winners, in the hopes they will inspire others with warped senses of humor like dd's and mine. http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2011.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 :D Loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Oh that is hilarious! I think I see a fun summer lesson in this. Thanks for the links! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 These are hysterical! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Thanks! The fact that the author of the first sentence is a professor for curriculum and instruction is somewhat scary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the reminder. I have always enjoyed reading the winning entries. I think the ability to distinguish bad writing from good is a useful skill and helps a person become a better writer (or at the very least, a better critic. :001_smile:) Edited July 28, 2011 by nansk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Thanks!The fact that the author of the first sentence is a professor for curriculum and instruction is somewhat scary... They're deliberately bad -- I bet you could come up with some really insanely wrong physics problems after having instructed it and seen a lot of errors. FWIW, my favorite one was in the "bad puns" category -- a hard habit to break :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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