sum it up in one sentence
Sat, 2001-05-26 19:58
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sum it up in one sentence
my writing mentor keeps on telling me that anything i write ought to be able to be summed up in one sentence ... however big or small it is ... so i thought it would be good practise for abctalers to have a go at summing great works (and not so great ones) in a sentence ...
trouble is i can't think of one to kick off with and i entirely blame the tequila ... damn harley riding academics ...
Gabrielle
I really want to have a go at this, but I'm to France at an unearthly hour in the morning and can't do it now - please continue this thread for at least a week!
curua
Here's your favourite book in one sentence, Ivy:
Short bloke finds ring, it causes a bit of bother, so he chucks it in a volcano.
Emily Dubberley
My all time favourite, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice:
'Bird witters on about independence but only finds happiness when she falls in love"
Ayatollah Rocke...
The Satanic Verses:
Boring indian writer regrets the blas-theme, but hopes to write a comic sequel about the NHS: 'The Palatic Nurses.'
W H Audenary
Adelstrop (The Poem, not The Port)
Yes, I remember Adelstrop; no one left and no one came, and absolutely no one remembers the writer's name.
andrew pack
Man becomes a bum and travels America having very dull experiences.
Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Choosing to be violent is bad, but it is better than not having a choice
Anthony Burgess, Clockwork Orange
Without civilisations rules, all men eventually revert to savagery
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Peter Fondue &a...
Easy Rider II
Hip Lit Chick meets Cool Harley Biker Academic and they ride off on an epic journey to look for Amerika.
A Pub-lushed Po...
ABC Tales
A bunch of Asylum Seekers boldly sets off into Cyberspace searching for fame, fortune and Publication.
stormy traveller
Lonely Planet Unpacked - travel disaster stories by Tony Wheeler and others.
"world travellers try to tell stories but can't - it's crap"
IFB
... they were young, their families hated one another, they got married and ended up dead ...
Shak E.S. Pear
I FB Therefore Whou Art?
IFBee
... man turns into cockroach ...
robert
metamelfasis
woman turns into an elf
IFB
... boy who can fly never grows up ...
strider in snatches
.... society gurl marries butler, loses farm, big fight.....but, frankly I don't give a damm....
IFB
.... society gurl goes to family farm (something narsty in woodshed) ... sorts everyone out and flies off in plane with handsome pilot ...
curua
Fickle woman leads three blokes on, one of them shoots another, gets hanged for it, and she marries the third.
ivoryfishbone
.... bloke wants to top himself but angel shows him what hell his town would be if he had never lived ... all is happy ever after ...
*sniffle*
(re: curua's ... us fickle birds must always keep our options open)
curua
...Talking dog and gang of 'pesky' kids discover that the headless phantom is really Grimes the caretaker...