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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7118500" data-attributes="member: 6777052">Trainger! In all my years of teaching creative writing to the upper fifth, I have never seen such unmitigated drivel.Yes, Sir, sorry, Sir.What have you to say for yourself, boy?I don't know, Sir.What have I told you about the thirty-eight plots?There are thrirty-eight plots, Sir.And which of them is this?I don't know, Sir.Whatever possessed you to hand in forty-two pages of sheer fantasy?It just came out that way, Sir.It just came out that way, Sir. Can you explain all these references to fish?You told us to put sole into our writing, Sir.Are you trying to be funny, boy?No, Sir!You will see the headmaster after prep.Yes, sir.We may have to write to your parents.Does this mean you won't be giving me the Mann-Booker prize this year, Sir?We'll see, boy, we'll see. Pull your socks up and the judges might be persuaded.Thank you, Sir.Now, let's see if we can restructure this mess. There are too many characters with nothing to do. Cut it down to three protagonists and a chorus.Yes, Sir, thank you, Sir.</blockquote>