Who Is The Worst Writer Ever?

[kilted exile]

I can understand people not liking dickens (dont agree however) he does have a tendency to be verbose and use 20 words where maybe 2 will suffice (only part of this can be blamed on the magazine style publication). He is however a master of character development and is hilariously funny. One thing I have never understood is people disliking dickens and liking tolkien who rambles just as much if not more than dickens does.

Even if you do dislike him though, worst writer in the world is taking things to the extreme. As an example I detest reading Austen but I wouldnt call her the worst writer ever, I am sure it is relevant to some people (and therefore has merit making it impossible to be worst) just not to me.

I dont know about the worlds worst writer in general, but a scotsman named William McGonagall is generally considered to be the worlds worst poet.

[Logos]

a scotsman named William McGonagall is generally considered to be the worlds worst poet.

hahaa! thanks for that! he's now on the list of authors to be added to the site

[kilted exile]

hahaa! thanks for that! he's now on the list of authors to be added to the site

Well he was second to only shakespeare in the quality of his verse.......

[Aiculík]

I can understand people not liking dickens (dont agree however) he does have a tendency to be verbose and use 20 words where maybe 2 will suffice (only part of this can be blamed on the magazine style publication). He is however a master of character development and is hilariously funny. One thing I have never understood is people disliking dickens and liking tolkien who rambles just as much if not more than dickens does.

For me, the fact that the author "rambles" does not matter as much as the reason why he does so. In Tolkien's work, it's a part of style - he tried to create myth, not a novel. In Dickens - it's just innability to express himself better.

I just had to explain this.

But I don't dare to say who is the worst author ever. The number of the book I've read is relatively small, only few thousands, and the number of authors is even smaller...

[kilted exile]

For me, the fact that the author "rambles" does not matter as much as the reason why he does so. In Tolkien's work, it's a part of style - he tried to create myth, not a novel. In Dickens - it's just innability to express himself better.

Gonna have to disagree here, Dickens was perfectly able to express himself succinctly (see hard times which is by no means a long novel). Dickens verbosity was a definite part of style, just as much as tolkiens rambling was a part of his. It was Dickens verbosity which allowed him to create his wonderfully real characters.

[weepingforloman]

Dickens is okay, Tolkien is better, Hemingway is the worst.

[Turk]

The worst writer ever already forgotten.

[Stieg]

The worst writer ever already forgotten.

And one of their incarnations is John Saul, if some people feel critical about Stephen King, Saul is liable to give one a sheer fit of madness by which mobs will storm their local bookstores with a can of charcoal lighter fluid and have a bonfire C/O the shameful space his books have emptied. No kidding.

No offense intended to anyone whom has recommended the author just once you're more familiar with more works it becomes extremely evident Saul has written himself into a hole in the wall.

[kandaurov]

If Paris Hilton ever writes a book about her life, I'll have an answer for you then :P

[Turk]

And one of their incarnations is John Saul, if some people feel critical about Stephen King, Saul is liable to give one a sheer fit of madness by which mobs will storm their local bookstores with a can of charcoal lighter fluid and have a bonfire C/O the shameful space his books have emptied. No kidding.

No offense intended to anyone whom has recommended the author just once you're more familiar with more works it becomes extremely evident Saul has written himself into a hole in the wall.

I've never read John Saul. But i played a game named Blackstone Chronicles when i was young. It was one of the most scary games i've ever played.

[Aiculík]

Gonna have to disagree here, Dickens was perfectly able to express himself succinctly (see hard times which is by no means a long novel). Dickens verbosity was a definite part of style, just as much as tolkiens rambling was a part of his. It was Dickens verbosity which allowed him to create his wonderfully real characters.

Wonderfully real? Seems our view on Dickens couldn't be more opposite.

[Niamh]

If Paris Hilton ever writes a book about her life, I'll have an answer for you then :P

the sad thing is it would be a best seller! Personally i hope she doesnt write a book because then i'd have to refuse to sell it to customers, with is a bad thing because i'm all about customer service in work.

Cecilia Ahern only got published cause shes the Taoiseachs daughter.

[PrinceMyshkin]

the sad thing is it would be a best seller! Personally i hope she doesnt write a book because then i'd have to refuse to sell it to customers, with is a bad thing because i'm all about customer service in work.

Cecilia Ahern only got published cause shes the Taoiseachs daughter.

But you know, I can find an element of pity in my heart for the Paris Hiltons & the Anna Nicole Smiths of this world, who either offer themselves up to or get picked up by the media, after which whatever hope they may have had for a spontaneous, autochthonous life is forever lost.

Effing media! They're almost more of a threat to our liveliness than the Christian right!

[Niamh]

I think the way the media is these days is a disgrace. But what annoys me more is the fact that people LOVE to read the crap that gets written in the media as if it was gospel! rediculous! you have one minute celebs, practically nobodies, lavishing in the limelight the media ctreates for them and write biographies about themselves like people care!

[Argyroneta]

Hundreds of currently employed journalists.