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Nice! Mine would be: girl kisses boy, steals boy's soul, goes all hulk and tries not to kill everyone while brother's killer tries to kill her. :)
OF GOOD AND EVIL:Tormented soul finds love, is rewarded with harrowing life and death struggles, then nuclear obliteration only he can prevent, but finds it impossible to do so.
Run, Clarissa, Run (about a transgender youth):Boy hacks computers, becomes girl. hmmm, might need some work. ;)!
New twitter message for OF GOOD AND EVIL:Tormented soul seeks belonging, but resists the obvious, this overcome by love and tragic events leaving him unable to deny himself.
I did a few of these in a humor blog post once as TV Guide-style summaries:Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. A young man's lifelong struggle with anger management issues, domestic abuse and hygiene problems.
The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Single mother makes "A" of herself with local preacher.
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. Head injury patient experiences a couple of rough knights.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Coming of age tale says "Boo" to racism.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Frenchman in frame-job seeks justice, revenge, and inspires tasty sandwich.
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. Jude carries pain of the world on his shoulders before getting McCartney's good advice.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Rejection of adopted child with a disability turns love to hate and overseas travel.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Amber Alert candidate goes too far with real-life MySpace page and child predator.
CROSSING THE RIVERRedcoat soldiers and Massachusetts militiamen clash at Lexington and Concord, reap disparate consequences, start the Revolutionary War.
I have a couple more from my old post:Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Man acts as connection between bigwigs and the little people.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Five sisters in rural district seek 29 dimensions of compatibility before the invention of online dating.
Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. An artist finds a corrupt male model puts too much of himself into his work.
The Telltale Heart, by Edgar Allen Poe. Half-blind elderly man gets in bad rental situation.
Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Sports fishing contest strains nerves.
The Odyssey by Homer. Ancient Greek goes on road-trip, meeting a rag-tag team of misfits along the way.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Teacher strives to overcome classism, sexism and an erratic, non-union employment situation.
I've done Twitter Tweets on my own book along the way, but usually they're not a full summary, just a teaser.
I love the twitter summary. With a restrictive constraint it forces the author to think about the words they use.*finger snaps* for Moby Dick and Telltale Heart
MOBY DICKDejected outcast albino whale, finally fed up, especially with inept bearded harpooners, goes on a ship-sinking rampage.
Gerald wrote: "MOBY DICKDejected outcast albino whale, finally fed up, especially with inept bearded harpooners, goes on a ship-sinking rampage."
That's hilarious, Gerald!
Paula
Very nice, Gerald! ;) I guess it's a fish out of water, in water, story. ;)
Serial killer fixates on heroine, Evie. Evie escapes into the arms of Nick, her true love. Tony, the hit-man chases them from NYC to Vermont. Justice is served.
Paula wrote: "Gerald wrote: "MOBY DICKDejected outcast albino whale, finally fed up, especially with inept bearded harpooners, goes on a ship-sinking rampage."
That's hilarious, Gerald!
Paula"
Why thank you, Paula. Hilarity keeps the juices flowing!
Jenn wrote: "Very nice, Gerald! ;) I guess it's a fish out of water, in water, story. ;)"Jenn wrote: "Very nice, Gerald! ;) I guess it's a fish out of water, in water, story. ;)"
Ah, so, Jenn, rivaling A FISH CALLED WANDA.
Ah, these are all really good!I have a hard enough time describing The Scene with unlimited words, let alone Twitter style posting.
If I HAD to I would have to say:
"Dumpster meet dead girls, dead girls meet Dylan Hart, Dylan Hart meet...vampires?"
But even that doesn't "say" what it should. I can write a 100,000 word novel but ask me to explain it to you in 140 words or less...I'm stumped.
In 2253, a lowly process server will cross three troubled galaxies to defend the truth, to uncover a murderer and to save his starship.
These are great! Love the Wuthering Heights one. For my novel Pennance it would be: Paranoid haunted woman finds solace in company of neighbour's family - a mistake!
Just purchased my March read based on these 'tweets'. Thanks,all.
Revelations of DoomWhispers of war drift throughout the tribes of Los, but Lucian is oblivious. His goal is to find the one who tortured his parents, but his quest moves him ever closer to the front lines of battle.
Too many words??? GAH
My latest novel "Running From Beige" is a series that took my entire life to gain the knowledge to write it. It deals with abuse and provides strength and hope for women. Fiction/drama/saga.
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I've been staring and my computer screen trying to come up with something. New found respect for Twitter artists. *kowtows*
Fun! Here's mine;Escalators in major shopping mall break down: All are slain...
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