Death Sentence

How about "Jade Stem" - saw it in a story set in ancient china.
 
I may have used "jade stem" in one on ancient China. It was a term for it in ancient China--so why wouldn't it be used in a story written in ancient China? I think a death sentence term for a story set in ancient China would be "pussy." (not for the jade stem thing, of course--just as an example of what should and shouldn't be seen in a story set in ancient China.)
 
Here's an idea to consider for the future: Add a chapter to a famous book. DOUBLE INDEMNITY, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, GONE WITH THE WIND, whatever.
 
The most recent was mention of a DVD in a story pre-1971.

But even Shakespeare could do it. A striking clock in Julius Caesar?

As for Hollywood movies? A jet aircraft in the shot of a Viking era movie?

Wrist watches in costume dramas based in the 18th Century? Even a digital LED wrist watch appeared in one.

War movies can be the worst for those who like historical accuracy. Weapons, particularly big items such as tanks, artillery and ships, can be seen decades before they were in use. Steve McQueen in The Great Escape jumped WW2 barbed wire on a motorcycle from the late 1950s.

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And as good King Richard gazed admiringly at Robin Hood and the rest of the assembled Good Guys, The con-trail of a Boeing 707 was seen in the sky.
 
I usually click away immediately when an author describes a woman with her bra size. It doesn't even have to be a fantastical bra size. The exception to that was when I agreed to beta read a story for someone who couldn't get a response in the editor's forum.
 
This thread gave me a good laugh. For me it's when a author continuously refers to female or male parts as "her sex" or "his sex" is a instant turn off for me. I guess it just seems to impersonal for me.
 
This thread gave me a good laugh. For me it's when a author continuously refers to female or male parts as "her sex" or "his sex" is a instant turn off for me. I guess it just seems to impersonal for me.

Ditto for the laughs.

Just as bad as 'her sex' or 'his sex' would be the use of 'his/her thing', and 'down there' instead of being more explicit.
Same for 'cunny'. ugh! baby talk.
 
As bad as some 'sexual' passages are, it is bad grammar that REALLY irritates me. Examples abound: "between you and I" is a very good one. Or, "X did it for Y and I", etc., etc.
 
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