Writing Exercise Results . . .
. . . are in the posts below. The task was to write the opening lines of a novel or story, including plenty of bad back-story.
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EVIL EDITOR
Why you don't get published.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
. . . are in the posts below. The task was to write the opening lines of a novel or story, including plenty of bad back-story.
21 Comments:
Bad back story brought the minions out of the woodwork. I look forward to reading all of these.
This was fun. I enjoyed all of them but I couldn't find something intelligent to say on some of them. (Some might say, on any of them.)
I'm with Robin - it would be interesting to discuss this.
The minions return, bringing mirth and a wealth of web bon-mots for the new year. And don't think I didn't notice that Evil managed two (2!) submissions, indicating that all is well in Evildum. Let the discussion ensue, prith-ee.
Meri
I bey EE is watching whatever sport is happening right now.
Steelers play today. I'll be cheering them.
This was a good exercise.
This was so much fun. Especially since this week it was my turn to sift the slush pile.
I found all of the efforts very amusing and informative. Being quite new to the technical side of writing I was a bit clueless about backstory. Reading all of the posts cleared things up for me in a very entertaining way. Thank you EE for creating, moderating and maintaining such a painless and inventive educational tool. This is way fun.
Painless? Oh my, RW Glover. Stick around. You will feel the pain. :)
I don't get it. Where are all the characters with bad backs? I thought these were supposed to be chiropractic fantasies.
Had a lot of fun reading them all! (Shout out -- I have to admit I liked Meri's best.)
Ooh, a discussion. We haven't had one of those in awhile. That would be fun!
You know, I think this was genius.
Great skill can be learned from doing things wrong on purpose.
It's different than learning from a mistake because there is a certain lack of awareness.
In doing this badly on purpose look at what great writing came out of the woodwork. Better writing than is often submitted for review.
I KILLED MOLES for you and I STILL didn't get the pole position????
These were a treat. And I'm with everyone about a duiscussion.
This was a really fun exercise.
Anon, our EE is a genius...
Now that I've buttered you up, may we have a back-story discussion sometime one afternoon or early evening?
And may we do another screw-up kind of a thing for the exercise this coming weekend? I loved doing this one.
In view of the time zone differences, it's probably best that I post a q & a about back-story in general, and everyone can stick in their two cents worth at their convenience.
Thanks!
I;m looking forward to that discussion. Should one of us send in a Q, or will you use one that's already come up in comments?
I'll come up with one.
I really enjoyed these - some wonderful examples!
I think Victor Hugo would have loved this.
Backstory: I was reading Les Miserables, and he stopped in the middle of a chase through dark streets to say who had lived there 300 years ago. That, and he took a 50-page time out every so often to describe in detail people that disappeared 15 pages later, the whole battle of Waterloo in detail sans map, the inside of a convent right down to the wallpaper--I still haven't finished. I need to, but I may skip the backstory this time.
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