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Oct. 23rd, 2007 04:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thatcrazycajunCourtesy of StumbleUpon.com: A college class was instructed to write a short story in as few words as possible. The story was to contain the following three things: 1) religion; 2) sexuality; and 3) mystery.
The only A+ story submitted in the entire class consisted, in its entirety, of the following: "Good God, I'm pregnant! I wonder who did it?"
The only A+ story submitted in the entire class consisted, in its entirety, of the following: "Good God, I'm pregnant! I wonder who did it?"
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Date: 2007-10-23 09:04 pm (UTC)"Oh My GOD! will he ever finish?"
hehehehe
The version I heard thirty years ago...
Date: 2007-10-23 09:06 pm (UTC)...and the prize-winning story was "Oh my God, the Queen's pregnant! I wonder who did it?"
By contrast, Greg Chalfin, in LASFAPA circa 1978, wrote that any story must have plot, characters, conflict and resolution, and gave this example:
"'You know,' said Archibald, 'if the graph of this function were drawn in more detail, it would look like a bunch of Cyrillic letters.'
"Esmerelda replied, 'I disagree.'"
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Re: The version I heard thirty years ago...
Date: 2007-10-23 09:14 pm (UTC)You say you want a resolution? Well, you know...
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Date: 2007-10-24 02:27 am (UTC)