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ratherastory) wrote2010-03-17 12:19 am
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What if "real" authors had to post warnings?
So
pkwench and
hansons_angel and I started a thread in my previous post about the fanfiction convention of posting warnings before a fic. Y'know, character death, who tops (or whatever), gore, torture, sex, blah blah blah.
Then we thought, what if professional mainstream authors had to post warnings on their books?
pkwench mentioned Lovecraft, and suddenly this popped into my head:
WARNING: Excessive use of non-Euclidean geometry. May cause madness upon completion. Things Man Was Not Meant To Know™. Also, purple prose. Caveat emptor.
So I'm curious now, dear flist. If you feel like it, why don't you post what YOU think would be the warnings posted by your favourite authors? Come on, you know you want to!
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Then we thought, what if professional mainstream authors had to post warnings on their books?
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WARNING: Excessive use of non-Euclidean geometry. May cause madness upon completion. Things Man Was Not Meant To Know™. Also, purple prose. Caveat emptor.
So I'm curious now, dear flist. If you feel like it, why don't you post what YOU think would be the warnings posted by your favourite authors? Come on, you know you want to!
Not a favorite author so much
Warning: **Excessive** use of description to carry the narrative forward. Length is not conducive to catching up at work. Updates only released once every two years *GASP* or so. Oh and deaths abound, but then the writer dies, too, without finishing the story. Apparently, the Beta has all necessary information...
Hmmmm, tempted to let people guess who? :-)
Re: Not a favorite author so much
If I didn't already love you, I totally would now. :D
Re: Not a favorite author so much
I'm assuming, therefore, that you have a small clue who I'm referring to here?
Let's keep it between us, shall we?? :-) See who else gets it?
Re: Not a favorite author so much
I totally know who you're talking about. I want to see who else gets it. :D
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(Robert Jordan)
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OK so half this screen is cut off and I have no idea if there be typos. Sorry!!!
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LOL!!!