Grammar

Credit: My Modern Met Blogger Alice

My new favorite joke and literary term

A woman walks into a bar and asks for a double entendre

So the bartender gave it to her

My new favorite commercial

Plain was the same as it ever was the same.
Plainly plain...
Samely same...
But then...someone lit the flame.
Plain rode away on lion's mane.
Where plain met fruits with strangely names.
Such wonderful things they did contain.
A shot of life to a hungry vein.
The captive beast who broke the chain.
And there upon that fruited plane,
is where plain became what plain became.
So much more than more than plain.
Plain will never be the same.









It's about time some creative writing and art came back to commercials. I was convinced that this was a famous poem some famous poet wrote but alas it is not. I am not able to find the person who wrote this but whoever did... Hats off to you! You made my head turn towards the TV with your rhyme. You brought the art of writing back to television.

Quotes and Dialogue

When something is drilled into me, such as a rule, idea, or theory, I tend to stick to it pretty stubbornly. I was taught in my early English and Grammar classes that when you are writing dialogue, each person's speech is a new paragraph. Like a script.

For Example:

"Hi Jane."
"Hello there, Sam."

I'm assuming that is grammatically correct.

Some authors that I have read, have broken this rule. The conversation still flows well and the structure of the paragraph seems to stay intact. Is this a kind of statement? Or their artistic right? Or just their style? Does it mean that they don't understand grammar? What about the editor's of their work? Do they have something to say about it?

I'm pretty sure these questions wouldn't have right or wrong answers but i'm just curious about other author's use of quotations and dialogue structure.

What do you think?

A little story for you

Hello again!

Today I have a little story for you. This was an assignment for my Children’s Literature class. We had been talking about religious stories and how there were several different versions of those stories depending on the author, age group and other things.  We were told to write our own version of Noah’s Ark for a particular age group. I chose to write for a group of 8-10 year olds. I’m posting this on here because my teacher really liked it (yes, I have gold star syndrome) and I am particularly proud of it.

Grampa Noah’s Story

Gather ‘round and let me tell of the day God told me to build an ark. Y’see, times had gotten quite rotten and God had it made up that he would make it right again. So he told yer Grampa Noah to build and build and gather and gather. So that I did! Two by two they came. Yer pa’s, they helped me lots they did! When the doors closed the rain did start a-pourin’! Yer lovely gramama and ma’s, theycooked might good meals fer forty days and forty nights. Mighty good meals! Then at last the did stop and yer grampa Noah sent out a rave. That bugger came back empty-beaked he did! So the next week yer grampa Noah sent out a pretty lil dove and he brought back a bright green olive branch! Ooohhh how we danced and praised God! We landed the next week and what d’ya know?! There was a band o’ color in the sky. God’s promise, y’see, that a flood like that would never happen again. Now off to yer chores youngins!

Hahaha now I’m completely embarrassed but I hope you enjoyed it anyways.

T