Gotta love bad writing, too.
It's been many moons since I thought about the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, but as soon as I read this story a particular memory whizzed right back.
Carburetor breast fantasy wins bad writing contest - Yahoo! News: "As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in chapter seven of the shop manual," went Dan McKay's winning entry in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.I haven't checked the contest's official Web site yet to confirm my memory, but I believe my favorite bad opening line went something like this:
McKay, 43, of North Dakota was said by organizers on Thursday to be visiting China "perhaps to escape notoriety for his dubious literary achievement." He wins $250 (142 pounds).
The California San Jose State University contest challenges entrants to submit bad opening sentences to imaginary novels and has attracted entries from around the world for 23 years.
"It was a dark and stormy night and the rain falling in my whiskey dampened my spirits."
