Writer's Block: Cramming Yourself into a Sentence

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Because of the glorious power of the compound-complex sentence, I could easily and appallingly stretch this to a paragraph, but I'm so made of awesome, fiction, and ridiculousness (lists and parenthetical statements are also quite handy for this sort of exercise), I don't even have to.

As ever, LJ, thanks for playing!

Comments

[miep.livejournal.com]

it's only a run-on sentence if there is not a clear conjunction or proper punctuation between the independent clauses. Run-on does not mean "long", even if your sentence goes on for a full page, as Melville's sentences often did.

[dewott.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I love literary loopholes.

[miep.livejournal.com]

one lj friend of mine said he got a paper back from the TA that had RUN ON written in big red letters any time he used a complex or compound sentence. *headdesk*

[dewott.livejournal.com]

I am reminded of the English teacher from the movie Orange County, hehe.