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vixous t1_j8px8hb wrote

Reply to comment by myeff in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

There’s also the Lyttle Lytton contest, where there’s the same prompt but a 25 word limit, which makes them funnier in my opinion. For example:

>Madison was a shy, awkward, inwardly beautiful teenaged girl just like you.

Or this:

>”Schlormp” went the knife as she plunged it into my heart, breaking it not only physically, but also emotionally, since I loved her.

They also have a found in the wild category, for other lines that would work for this but someone actually wrote somewhere:

> Her skin was pale, like a pale ale… but her hair was amber, like an amber ale.

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Ph0ton t1_j8qk0ou wrote

I audibly chuckled reading that first one. It's real poetry after reading all the run-on sentences.

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