It was a dark and stormy night, the beer fell down our throats in torrents, except when we missed our mouths and soiled our trousers. 

Today, we cover what is considered to be the worst opening line to a novel in all of human history. But don’t take our word for it. There’s a whole contest dedicated to it! We discuss why the opening sentence is bad, then read a bunch of winners and losers from the 2019 Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest.

You can check out the contest at https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/

DBS #30: Bring On The Funk And Surge – Drunken Pen Writing Podcast

In this episode, we briefly discuss creative funks and how to get out of them. But we spend much, much more time discussing old soda commercial slogans. Fortunately, this helps us fight the funk as we sit back and SURGEEEEEE! Check out our work at http://www.drunkenpenwriting.com Follow us on Twitter @drunkpenwriting On Instagram @drunkenpenwriting And like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/drunkenpenwriting

1. DBS #30: Bring On The Funk And Surge 34:31
2. #63:The Worst Opening Sentence Of All Time 41:18
3. DBS #29: DPW News And Writing Talk 59:22
4. DBS #28: When Do You Dump A Book? 44:59
5. #62: What The Blurb! 35:16