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Worst Opening Sentences of 2022

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Re: Worst Opening Sentences of 2022

#151

The link currently points to the 2019 winners, the correct one is: https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2022

Honestly, I'd read the first one. Trashy detective fiction that's kinda self aware sounds great.

One of my favourite episodes of CBC's Wiretap is a self-aware trashy detective fiction, much in the same vein:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgR1WapaDLI

Re: Worst Opening Sentences of 2022

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post #71

> All I can say is that I have never been so insulted (even by the likes of my moronic sister (who seems to delight in making me uncomfortable (and she is so good at it, knowing just how to push my buttons (which I think is a skill that all siblings possess to some extent (which I believe proves some sort of genetic link (despite the fact that I really enjoyed genetics in school (relating on so many levels to Gregor…

I tend to write with an excessive amount of parenthesis with context/tangents. I used to joke it was due to Lisp/Scheme being one of my first languages. Took me a few years to realize the ADD connection.

It still needs Yoda speak to qualify as lisp.

Re: Worst Opening Sentences of 2022

#153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tend to write with an excessive amount of parenthesis with context/tangents. I used to joke it was due to Lisp/Scheme being one of my first languages. Took me a few years to realize the ADD connection.

I do this to get it out, then I rewrite it to take all the parentheticals out.

Me too - I try to avoid parentheticals in polished writing because they're usually there to avoid having to decide if something is really important. If it's not important, take it out (or if it's a very technical detail that can be skipped on first reading, maybe put it in a footnote (uhoh, I'm doing it)).

Re: Worst Opening Sentences of 2022

#154
It was quite disappointing to learn that these are purpose written for the contest with the explicit goal of being terrible.

I wished for more context on more of these sentences (like what is the book about, and how old was the author writing this in earnest)

https://lithub.com/this-years-very-worst-opening-sentence-is...

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