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Eye of Argon & other Bad bad writing
At brunch we were discussing bad writing (not to mention the upcoming Bad Porn Interpretive Reading Event, found by Craig). ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bellicaneko mentioned that she used to attend a reading of Eye of Argon, something I had had never heard of. But, of course, like so much bad writing, it's online (see link above).
I found this gem through the Bulwer-Lytton opening sentences contest whose 2004 winner came up with this stinker: She resolved to end the love affair with Ramon tonight . . . summarily, like Martha Stewart ripping the sand vein out of a shrimp's tail . . . though the term "love affair" now struck her as a ridiculous euphemism . . . not unlike "sand vein," which is after all an intestine, not a vein . . . and that tarry substance inside certainly isn't sand . . . and that brought her back to Ramon.
Yes, I'm easily amused. I'm also avoiding work. Bad me.
bellicaneko mentioned that she used to attend a reading of Eye of Argon, something I had had never heard of. But, of course, like so much bad writing, it's online (see link above). I found this gem through the Bulwer-Lytton opening sentences contest whose 2004 winner came up with this stinker: She resolved to end the love affair with Ramon tonight . . . summarily, like Martha Stewart ripping the sand vein out of a shrimp's tail . . . though the term "love affair" now struck her as a ridiculous euphemism . . . not unlike "sand vein," which is after all an intestine, not a vein . . . and that tarry substance inside certainly isn't sand . . . and that brought her back to Ramon.
Yes, I'm easily amused. I'm also avoiding work. Bad me.