You probably saw this announcement of the winner of the Bulwer-Lytton contest for bad writing. The winner - and note that this is for deliberate bad writing! - was American academic, Sue Fondrie, for this very short but very awful sentence:
"Cheryl's mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of
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Minggu, 28 Agustus 2011
Rabu, 06 April 2011
ADJECTIVES AND MACHETES
I've been mulling over over-writing quite a bit recently. Partly because I've been doing talks and workshops with the title, "What's Wrong With your Manuscript?" and partly because I keep seeing over-writing in the manuscripts that come my way via my Pen2Publication consultancy.
What do I mean by over-writing? Well, I've written about it before but I've recently developed a new name for it:
What do I mean by over-writing? Well, I've written about it before but I've recently developed a new name for it:
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