Worst. Fiction. EVER.

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16 years 7 months ago #28191 by GJSchaller (GJSchaller)
James, whatever you do, don't start your book with any of these openings:

www.bulwer-lytton.com/2009.htm


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16 years 7 months ago - 16 years 7 months ago #28193 by Gallion (Gallion)

"Folks say that if you listen real close at the height of the full moon, when the wind is blowin' off Nantucket Sound from the nor' east and the dogs are howlin' for no earthly reason, you can hear the awful screams of the crew of the "Ellie May," a sturdy whaler Captained by John McTavish; for it was on just such a night when the rum was flowin' and, Davey Jones be damned, big John brought his men on deck for the first of several screaming contests."


This is EXACTLY how my book about the Inverted tower starts! This is such &#*@(*& I cant believe this guy plagiarized my first sentence!!!!



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16 years 7 months ago #28200 by Simon (BigZ)
Replied by Simon (BigZ) on topic Worst. Fiction. EVER.

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16 years 7 months ago #28210 by Lina Marinescu (Ismaesumi)
James, I'm ashamed that you would write such a run on sentence... I thought you were better than that! ;)

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16 years 7 months ago #28212 by Magnus (hippy g0th)

Towards the dragon's lair the fellowship marched -- a noble human prince, a fair elf, a surly dwarf, and a disheveled copyright attorney who was frantically trying to find a way to differentiate this story from "Lord of the Rings."
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copyright attorney = best P.C. ever

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16 years 7 months ago #28217 by Bladesworn (Bladesworn)

Towards the dragon's lair the fellowship marched -- a noble human prince, a fair elf, a surly dwarf, and a disheveled copyright attorney who was frantically trying to find a way to differentiate this story from "Lord of the Rings."
Andrew Manoske
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copyright attorney = best P.C. ever


If you follow this logic, then the debate of Pirate vs Ninja has just been ended.  Ninja wins... because ninjas don't care about copyrights or attorneys.  ;)

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