Kittykat (the last gunslinger) (goldchaosdragon) wrote in marysues, @ 2003-04-24 21:41:00

Current mood:	amused
Current music:	Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice

OT, but worth mentioning
In my college-level grammar class, we occasionally get passed bits of snark from the professional writing world. The following comes from the results of this year's Louise Bulwer-Lytton Contest, which is run by the English department of San Jose State University and is basically a contest in which participants write the first line of a bad novel.

All I could think when I read this one (it was #8 in the top ten) was MARY SUE!

With a curvaceous figure that Venus would have envied, a tanned, unblemished oval face framed with lustrous thick brown hair, deep azure-blue eyes fringed with long black lashes, perfect teeth that vied for competition, and a small straight nose, Marilee had a beauty that defied description.

Okay... so it's grammatically correct, which is more than most MS writers can handle.. but STILL...

	miyuki_mina 2003-07-10 13:49 (link)
	Well, if that's how a novel is supposed to start, I'd rather go and play with my Gameboy. Really. Ah, and hello everybody. New one here. (Reply to this) (Thread)