{"id":7966,"date":"2010-12-12T11:52:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T16:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=7966"},"modified":"2010-12-12T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T16:52:36","slug":"when-bad-writing-throws-down-with-good-intentions-which-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/when-bad-writing-throws-down-with-good-intentions-which-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"When Bad Writing Throws Down with Good Intentions, Which Wins?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bad Writing<\/em>, <a title=\"Morris Hill Pictures, on 'Bad Writing'\" href=\"http:\/\/www.morrishillpictures.com\/mhp\/Bad_Writing.html\" target=\"_blank\">per<\/a> its production company:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;is a documentary about a wannabe poet who sets off on a quest for answers about writing &#8212; bad writing, good writing, and the process in between. What he learns from some leading figures in the literary world will inspire anyone who has ever dreamt of creating art.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the trailer:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"308.7\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/raWLS2_PEfI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just gone into very limited release, at maybe a half-dozen  cities so far. Bet it&#8217;s that pesky It Was a Dark &amp; Stormy Night Fan  Club keeping it from wider circulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"smalltext\">This comes courtesy of our friend Marta, over <a title=\"in the fairy tale asylum: horror movie\" href=\"http:\/\/thefairytaleasylum.tumblr.com\/post\/2182128567\/horror-movie\" target=\"_blank\">at <em>the fairy tale asylum<\/em><\/a>, who calls it a horror movie. Oh yes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Writing, per its production company: &#8230;is a documentary about a wannabe poet who sets off on a quest for answers about writing &#8212; bad writing, good writing, and the process in between. What he learns from some leading figures in the literary world will inspire anyone who has ever dreamt of creating art. 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