Possibly?
"We want an article about [insert esoteric job in a ghost town]." As though I know all about Sally Allison's Salon on 45th Street, featuring Whale Masks! Did I mention that job was labeled under 'literary?'
So, I don't know what's worse. The not-instructing instructions or these:
"VE VILLe CHECK EVERYZING!
TO MAKEe SURE IT IS ORIGINAL!
AND NO GRAMMAR MEZTAKES!!
VE DO NOT TOLERATEe ZAT!
FOUR BUCKS IS SO MUCH MONEY!
YOU CAN HAVE HALF A SALAD,
OR MAYBEee ONE WHOLE BIG MAC!!!"
I needed to take a breath
to wipe the spit off me.
(dramatization)*
Those instructions were for a description of a teen soap opera.
I spent too much time on it.
But, at the end of the day, they took my reconstituted swill. So, they weren't that particular.
*read: I have a lot of those. Is anything real?
Hey, I got to your site through reddit, and I like it. It is relevant to my interests. I have just started writing for these evil sites as well. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope my ranting provides some catharsis. I just posted a new tirade: http://writingforthedevil.blogspot.com/2012/08/coincidences-in-medicority-and.html
DeleteIt's a little late in the making. I should update my site more.