Posts Tagged: purple prose
Well, we missed the June 30th deadline for submitting long-winded prose loaded with hackneyed, trite expressions, otherwise known as the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (they haven’t announced the 2014 winners yet, so maybe you can slip in your entry). The contest was named after Victorian novelist Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, (1803-1873). His writing…
It was a dark and stormy night. …the pen is mightier than the sword. …in pursuit of the almighty dollar. Who wrote these? Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, (1803-1873). He was a member of Parliament, later made peer of the realm (and attended House of Lords sessions), served as Secretary of State…
