Bride of Dark And Stormy: Yet More of the Best (?) from the Bulwer-lytton Contest

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Synopsis
It's not easy to write bad fiction. On purpose. Scott Rice, organizer of the Bulwer-Lytton contest, asks people to do just that. Here are the best opening sentences of the worst hypothetical novels never written.

Just try to understand the 1987 winner:

"The notes Matted skyward as the sun rose over the Canada geese, feathered rumps mooning the day, webbed appendages frantically pedaling unseen bicycles in their search for sustenance, driven by cruel Nature's maxim, 'ya wanna eat, ya gotta work,' and at last I knew Pittsburgh."

But Bride of Dark and Stormy is not just a compilation. Now Scott Rice has added his own advice on how to write "successful" fiction in the Bulwer-Lytton mode, making this a perverse how-to book, full of rotten advice and worse examples.

Copyright:
1988

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
143 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780140103045
Publisher:
Penguin Group (Canada)
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Scott Rice
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
Submitted By:
Shelley L. Rhodes
Proofread By:
Kim Friedman
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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