Over the years, the Onion’s done lots of great stuff on the subject of writing, novelists, and the often painful collision of the two. Here’s a collection of my faves:
Sci-Fi Writer Attributes Everything Mysterious To ‘Quantum Flux’
My Novel Addresses Universal Themes Of Humanity And Has Fucking
Someday, I Will Copyedit The Great American Novel
Author Too Much Of A Pussy To Kill Off Characters
Heroic Computer Dies To Save World From Master’s Thesis
Third-Person Limited Omniscient Narrator Blown Away By Surprise Ending
Maya Angelou Honored For Courage, Blackness
Scholars Discover 23 Blank Pages That May As Well Be Lost Samuel Beckett Play
Author To Use Water As Metaphor
Nation’s Teens Disappointed By Banned Books
There Are So Many Experiences I Want To Write About Having Had
Area Woman Fulfills Dream Of Becoming Writer By Getting Job At Bookstore
Masters In Writing Fails To Create Master Of Writing
Author Wishes She Hadn’t Blown Personal Tragedy On First Book
Self-Help Book Believes It Can Be A Bestseller Someday
Nation Afraid To Admit 9-Year-Old Disabled Poet Really Bad
Area Man Well-Versed In First Thirds Of Great Literature
My Short Fiction Will Restore America’s Romantic Spirit
Monster At End Of Book Claims Life Of TV’s Grover
It’s Funny How What You’re Saying Relates To My Novel
Novelist Thinks People Shrug 10 Times More Than They Actually Do
First-Time Novelist Constantly Asking Wife What It’s Like To Be A Woman
Novelists Strike Fails To Affect Nation Whatsoever
