Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest 2011
The winner of the 2011 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction ContestComing from the University of San Jose, this entertaining competition challenges the writer to compose the opening sentence of the worst of all possible novels. Follow its 'childishly simple' rules, 'wretched writers welcome'. www.bulwer-lytton.com
is Sue Fondrie with this first line:
‘Cheryl’s mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten memories.’ Read more
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