Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers
+ Invent a “secret department” for one of the department stores you’ve visited at the mall.
+ Write about a character who discovers that his best childhood friend has become a serial killer…and realizes he’s the cause of it.
+ Freewrite the stream-of-consciousness of a witch burning at the stake.
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Instigation is a WEEKLY department in Hellnotes newsletter
“Instigated” this month by The Goreletter:
Terrie Leigh Relf, “The Creature from the Creamatorium”. Published in Champagne Shivers, Nov 2003.
If you publish something instigated by this department, let me know at arnzen@gorelets.com and I’ll mention it here! Or if you’re bold (and willing to forfeit electronic rights), post your response to a prompt by clicking on the word “comments” below.
Feeling Googly?
| Bob Crouch — the man responsible for the wonderful cover art on my first poetry book, Chew — is looking for someone who might be creatively inspired to write something (probably novella-length) based on his outrageously wild “Googly Chess” Set — a series of crazy chess-piece sculptures in the inimitable Crouch style. Check out the copious images on his website at Cricket’s “Rat Fink” Page. Contact Bob personally by e-mail if you’re interested: crouch@tctelco.net |
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Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers
+ Carve something unrelated to Halloween into a kind of Jack O’Lantern.
+ Play “eyes, ears, nose, and throat”: put one of these organs in a place where it doesn’t belong (on a mutant character’s body is easiest, of course) and write.
+ Go to a local “rental center” and browse the tools, appliances, and furnishings. Choose an interesting object. Rent it if you’ve got money to squander; if not, remember it’s details. Later, write a piece that pretends that your chosen object was possessed in some way.
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If you publish something instigated by this department, let me know at arnzen@gorelets.com and I’ll mention it here!
Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers
+ Do something devilish with a
character who is a glass blower.
+ Describe a seance from the
viewpoint of the spirit realm.
+ Begin a piece by describing a
disturbing piece of art.
Instigation is now a WEEKLY
department in Hellnotes newsletter:
http://www.hellnotes.com
If you publish something instigated by
this department, let me know at
arnzen@gorelets.com and I’ll mention it here.
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