Worst Aspiring Writer One-Liners?

independent mind · October 2009

Do any of you have friends who are 'aspiring writers'/poets? Have you ever had that critical and cringe-worthy moment when they give you some of their 'work' and you suddenly realize your erstwhile friend is actually a complete moron? Anyone wicked enough to put the worst line down in this thread?? I'm feeling particularly evil tonight ,so here's a line from a poem that I will never forget:

I stop and think about the situation that I am in;
imitation love is all I have for her,
yet you I love more than myself.

whynot_31 · October 2009

ouch. guilty of trying too hard

veets · October 2009

Double ouch... Independent mind.. no one will be able to trump you on tat example.

anthonycm · October 2009

Sadly, I could probably go through my old high school journals and find something I wrote that could easily beat that. But I won't.

(Sigh. Now I'll probably get drunk tonight and decide it'll be funny to post some examples.)

julius orange · October 2009

The real kick in the head is when these things get published. Somebody wrote the line "Nobody puts baby in a corner." And now we all know it. You may think your friend is a moron, but there are people out there who will think he/she is a genius. Mediocrity is the king of success in this world. Just ask Phil Collins and the makers of Titanic.

stewart · October 2009

As Paula Poundstone once said:

Everything you see on TV was written down. Probably more than once. We're seeing the best possible version.

rickie lee · October 2009

Another example a la "Nobody puts baby in the corner,"

You complete me

Published—and (shudder) famous.

carmen · October 2009

I'll never let go, Jack, I'll never let go...

hiccup · October 2009

You had me at hello

carnivore · October 2009

And some of the best lines were not written down as part of the script.

"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."

mougar · October 2009

I'm convinced I had the first written usage of "exercise in ennui" in April, 2001.

will · October 2009

Mougar wrote: I'm convinced I had the first written usage of "exercise in ennui" in April, 2001.

too bad it wasn't the last!

voodoonyc · October 2009

Mougar wrote: I'm convinced I had the first written usage of "exercise in ennui" in April, 2001.

You were using "ennui" at the age of five? Impressive.

asaf · October 2009

VoodooNYC wrote: [quote=Mougar]I'm convinced I had the first written usage of "exercise in ennui" in April, 2001.

You were using "ennui" at the age of five? Impressive. =D> =D> =D>

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