Day Three of the Writer Olympics
The arena today was standing-room-only for the ever-popular ‘Mixed Genre Writing,’ which pairs disparate writers who must write the first sentence of a book encompassing their merged genres.
Chef and writer Anthony Bourdain joined forces with Sophie Kinsella to create a genre they called ‘Chick Food.’ Their first sentence ‘Sure, seeds aren’t the first thing a girl has on her shopping list, but trust me, roasted pumpkin seeds scattered throughout an arugula salad garnishing a flank steak will be sure to snare your man,” was a valiant effort but did not put them in medal contention.
What did however, was the combined effort of science writer Stephen Hawking, who partnered with children’s book writer, Jeff Kinney. Their genre: ‘Cartoon Science’ drew scattered applause as did their book title, ‘A Brief History of a Wimpy Kid.’ It was their first sentence, however, combined with a stick-figure drawing that upped their score: “Becky Johnson, who’s only the cutest girl that ever lived, looked at me like I had originated from primordial ooze, which I suppose, if I was carbon-tested or something, I was.”
In the end, the gold was won by ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ author E. L. James and Beverly Lewis, whose romance books are set in Lancaster County. They quickly named their new category ‘Amish Erotica’ and got a hearty round of applause as their first sentence appeared on the Jumbotron: “The buggy rocked.”
Chef and writer Anthony Bourdain joined forces with Sophie Kinsella to create a genre they called ‘Chick Food.’ Their first sentence ‘Sure, seeds aren’t the first thing a girl has on her shopping list, but trust me, roasted pumpkin seeds scattered throughout an arugula salad garnishing a flank steak will be sure to snare your man,” was a valiant effort but did not put them in medal contention.
What did however, was the combined effort of science writer Stephen Hawking, who partnered with children’s book writer, Jeff Kinney. Their genre: ‘Cartoon Science’ drew scattered applause as did their book title, ‘A Brief History of a Wimpy Kid.’ It was their first sentence, however, combined with a stick-figure drawing that upped their score: “Becky Johnson, who’s only the cutest girl that ever lived, looked at me like I had originated from primordial ooze, which I suppose, if I was carbon-tested or something, I was.”
In the end, the gold was won by ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ author E. L. James and Beverly Lewis, whose romance books are set in Lancaster County. They quickly named their new category ‘Amish Erotica’ and got a hearty round of applause as their first sentence appeared on the Jumbotron: “The buggy rocked.”
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