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Amusement Abridge Your Book

40 Writing Contests in April 2021 - No entry fees

Amusement Just when you think you've seen it all....

Paul Whybrow

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I’ve been strewing my new video trailer for Who Kills A Nudist? on social media sites that I haven’t troubled in years.

Sometimes, this involves writing a synopsis of the story in only a few words. My mind drifted to the concise way of doing this, the so-called ‘elevator pitch’.

Then my eye was caught by this amusing cartoon penned by the brilliant John Atkinson.

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It made me wonder how I’d abridge my first Cornish Detective story…

Something like this:

Clothed detective catches nasty nudist who killed nice nudist. Kaboom!”

How would your book’s plot be abridged?
 

Vagabond Heart

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Ha. Brilliant.
During the first lockdown I set myself the challenge to read the Complete works of Shakespeare, and then reviewed them, giving a rating out of ten.
This my review for Titus Andronicus:

Well that is just disgusting.
0/10 or less.
 

40 Writing Contests in April 2021 - No entry fees

Amusement Just when you think you've seen it all....

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