Bad Writing Is Better Than No Writing
Two published Canadian writers deconstruct their most mortifying literary creations. For you Fraser Valleyites, hear it on CIVL, 101.7 in Abbotsford and 92.3 in Chilliwack! Thursdays 9 - 10AM.
Episodes
Facing the threat of traffic court, Myra and Co strike out on a wild goose chase that results in finding a different bird entirely. Meanwhile, Shaygrin must overcome the character flaw of failing to forget about his parents and planet burning alive within a reasonable ten seconds.
In several thrilling scenes of prison breaks and lost parents, teen protagonists Myra and ShayGrin go head-to-head in a contest of who can stand the stillest. Indeed, if both close their eyes (and often, they do) they could almost feel like nothing changes at all. Yet, by chapter's end, one has to wonder how ShayGrin is going remain an optimist.
Adopted teen ShayGrin is desperate to find his real parents. So when a man who looks exactly like him visits Folec, Shaygrin is fast to conclude that this is a person who could help find his father.
Meanwhile, Myra has seven working limbs and uses none to aid her saviors when they break her out of prison.
In which a seventeen-year-old trained soldier is concussed, imprisoned and starved, then blames lethargic feelings on puberty.
In a galactic fantasy by young teenage Jocelyn, we're introduced to a far-off, enchanting place where a young woman's lifelong training is put to the test for five entire seconds and a misfit eats some waffles.
Our Stellar J's perform the traditional Story Doctor autopsy on the decomposing yet undead cadaver of "Zombie."
In our final moments of "Zombie," Joanne prepares for a life she didn't realize she'd signed up for in the apocalypse - one of danger, misery, and frustrating requests via a new device that pings with orders. The life...of a DoorDasher.
In this penultimate episode, we finish our story at the exact moment it starts. Next episode, we discuss where it could have gone, had our author continued on maki...
After making the critical mistake of sleeping in after five nights lying in hazardous waste, Joanne sheepishly joins the Immunes for breakfast. A remarkably coherent conversation ensues after Joanne makes the brave decision to not speak unless necessary.
With excruciating care Joanne performs her ablutions, and allows herself to feel just how alone she is in the world (maybe).
Joanne is faced with her most humbling task yet as she's forced to interact with characters the author intended on the audience taking seriously. Without the coping mechanism of silent ironic name calling, Joanne flounders, and is sent to take a shower.
"Overwhelmed" is an understatement for Joanne as she faces the fresh horror of a boring room containing two or three chairs and five-ish people. However, truly nothing prepares her for the shock of having to carry a couple conversations.
In a stunning twist, Joanne is faced with the impossible choice between what is right, and what is comfortable.
And she chooses capris.
In a stunning act of familial cooperation, the Andrewses complain their way into a practical demonstration of their fate, only to discover that their sole hope for survival is being nuked.
Joanne's trauma after witnessing a brutal execution disappears immediately after her mother shows understandable but slightly embarrassing concern, and Joanne discovers a shocking truth about her father before finding out a slightly less shocking truth about the future of humanity.
Joanne's life worsens as she faces the grim reality that there are only so many executions she can witness before running out of ironic commentary on the subject.
It’s hard to believe that just a few short days ago, the can opener in Joanne’s kitchen drawer wasn’t something to kill someone over. Her nightmare broadens beyond the mortification of being around her family as she witnesses just how bad things can get when you lock down a city’s upper middle class and feed them soup.
Joanne and Co. travel through hordes of the unchosen to a "safe" spot, in which they attend a meeting that could very well have been an email.
It's Joanne and her yeast infection medication against an impending apocalypse as a military van takes her and her family away to safety...but why? And most importantly...where?
Joanne unwinds from a disturbing press conference with a peaceful walk during which no one dies.*
*Joanne is excellent at applying both denial and irony at times that might surprise the average person.
Joanne's generously furnished living room is silent with horror as the Andrews family watches the second worldwide press conference, and Joanne's unconscious (yet unparalleled) talent of insulting appearances is finally given the opportunity to shine.
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