Calif. Man Makes Bad Writing Judges Cringe - VGF

***Ynot Shane*** · 07-11-2006, 08:01 AM

Published: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:17:23 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A retired mechanical designer with a penchant for poor prose took a tired detective novel scene and made it even worse, earning him top honors in San Jose State University's annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for bad writing....
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***CaptHayfever*** · 07-11-2006, 12:40 PM

A dubious honor.

Quote:

"Detective Bart Lasiter was in his office studying the light from his one small window falling on his super burrito when the door swung open to reveal a woman whose body said you've had your last burrito for a while, whose face said angels did exist, and whose eyes said she could make you dig your own grave and lick the shovel clean."

Aside from the outright lack of punctuation, that would actually be a good start for a spoof. I could totally see Leslie Neilsen saying something like that.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

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