Damn, you people are harsh. This writing style may not be your cup of tea, but I'd like to see you nail the tone of certain moments the way this writer did, repeatedly: "doomed extravagance," anyone? This writing is colorful, aggressive, unforced, and frequently delightful. Hard to do.
--sic
08/25 |
Umm, shouldn't this be re-titled "Bad Writing, Typical Steve Almond"? Somehow Steve is always the poor victim of his own prose. Best, though, is how this story goes against all his trenchant sex-scene writing advice dispensed so earnestly at conferences and in rags like Writer's Digest.
--OIS
08/14 |
poor you. stuck with the fat chick.
--ON
08/08 |
Too often "bad sex with..." experiences seem to be remembered through rose colored glasses. not this one! way to be ruthless in retelling the sexual experience as an actual bad time. always good to be reminded that the casual plus the sexual does not always equal the self-empowering and the fulfilling.
why is this gross? cuz it's honest.
--RT
08/07 |
that was the point, yes? "bad sex with..." maybe it should be gross sex with?
--pam
08/06 |
ugh, swingers. this was gross.
--she
08/06 |
Ummmm, I should probably be posting some sort of witty feedback comment, but instead, I'll just say, please don't use footnotes in multi-page articles that you have to get to the last page to read. Thanks! (As for the story itself, I'm not sure what to think. It's hard to relate to.)
--JCF
08/06 |
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