Writing for dummies...or how I decided to make a drinking game

[alilen]

I haven't been online in a while. And with good reason. But that will be left for another entry. I was recently trolling random journals because I was bored...and ignoring the fact that English essays and projects were looming. Low and behold I found a monstrosity of a paragraph. This man called it his FAVORITE PASSAGE EVER. I swear, a friend of

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[thecrazyfinn]

She Lives!

So, have you tried this game?

[pattmyn]

Yay for drinking games! They beat power slamming vodka alone in your basement room after gettin all emo and depressio!

I mean...I'm not an alcoholic.

[draxenn]

oh fark.
i just read that thing.
it's like using words over an over again for the simple use of using words to make the sentence seem longer, when, instead, the sentence seems TOO long and an run on; so in the example used above, i feel compelled, nay, obligated to offer a write up of my own that could be construed as a run-on sentence to SUCH extremes that it may make one vomit the bile in one stomach through the mouth and into the toilet;a toilet that has not seen the gentle touch of a cleaning utensil in many years; a toilet who's years of buildup form a defensive layer for the soft porceline underneath it's grimey exterior, covered with filth and grime.
Like a stiletto...

Big laughs, big fun

[pencil_mig_in]

I was just shown this post by a friend of mine. And you, my dear, are the bomb!

I find it interesting to note that this paragraph is part of a novel that the author intends to sell. I have no idea how, as he has no agent, no publishing contacts, or any idea what good writing looks like. He hasn't let that ruin his delusions of grandeur, however. No sir. He feels this magnum opus will lead to his discovery as the next literary giant of our time.

Discovering talyesin in a Book Expo is like discovering a fossilized Dorkfish in the Arizona desert.

[nessun]

OH Dear. I have a problem...that paragraph sounded familiar. As in "I think I've read this before...in a BOOK." But I can't remember where! ARrrrgh. Now I wonder if I'm suffering from deja-vu, or if I actually read something that horrid and then tried to block it out...or maybe I was already drinking? *L*