Vote on best entries to "Worst Opening Line for a Novel" contest

[Zuni]

here

pick your favorite, and list the post number and author so I can tally the votes

[TheDebbieDee]

1. "It was a dark and stormy night......." I don't know who wrote......

this line but it's the most cliched line in the history of Englaish.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. "Suddenly, a shot rang out!"

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. That would be Edward Bulwer-Lytton...

19th century British novelist. Although to his credit, the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword" was ALSO his.

[Zuni]

5. his quotes are far more famous than he is

Are you familiar with the Bulwer-Lytton contest. Google it. Hilarious stuff

[Zuni]

4. Edward Bulwer-Lytton

who the national worst opening line contest is actually named after. They do it every year. Google the Bulwer-Lytton contest and read some of the stuff---it is utterly hilarious.

I was talking about the DU lounge worst opening contest, going on now

[RandomKoolzip]

6. "Officious little prick."

In italics; the first line to Stephen King's "The Shining."

[Zuni]

7. no

in the DU lounge version of our contest---you would probably good at this

[RandomKoolzip]

9. Oh, I get it....

I just posted an entry.

[RevCheesehead]

8. maybe you should post a link?

For the inebriated, ya know. :beer:

[bookman]

10. Can I enter one?

As Ron Costello saw it, the night-time media party in Edgartown provided him with a wideopen window of opportunity--one he could make the most of.

Let me know what you think and I'll provide the author later.

[bookman]

11. Non other than

Bill O'Reilly.

[HEyHEY]

12. Hold on, his opening line ended with a preposition?

Fuck