Bad Author/Good Author – Episode 1
And now it’s time for another episode of Bad Author/Good Author.
Author- What is this?
Bob- Well you wrote ‘its cold outside’ and it should be ‘it’s’ with the apostrophe.
A- How dare you criticize me! Did you ever consider that by breaking the formational rules of grammar I was evoking in the readers a shattering of their preconceptions so that they might awaken to the deeper meanings of synergy underlining the perceived distortions inherent in reality?
B- Dude, this was supposed to be a children’s book about rabbits – rabbits that tech grammar.
A- Begone you stupid worm! When you have won half the awards and acclaim I have, then you may address me as such.
Author- What is this?
Bob- Your latest manuscript.
A- There’s only 3 marks on it.
B- Yes, I thought your prose most excellent and ready for print.
A- I have not improved this much from my first novel when you decorated my pages with red ink. This entire story was four hundred pages about a hamster running in his wheel. I wrote it just to see if you were paying attention!
B- And I thought it marvelously original.
A- It was crap and we both know it. Now do your job as an editor and give me some useful feedback or go fire yourself out of a cannon.
By Jeni
on Feb 4, 08:22 AM