Posted inInstigation

Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers

+ Write an instructional guide for making something ghastly, but don't refer to the thing itself. Have your reader try to guess what it might be. + Discover an alien ear. + Describe a monstrous living landscape. *** Instigation is a WEEKLY department in Hellnotes newsletter (returning in February). If you publish or post something instigated by this department, let me know and I'll mention it here!
January 3, 2005Posted inInstigation
Posted inInstigation

Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers

+ Write a twisted news story in the style of Weekly World News. + Borrowing an idea from The Omen, write about a photographer whose portraits predict the manner of the subject's death. + Write a monster's monologue under the influence of truth serum. *** Instigation is a WEEKLY department in Hellnotes newsletter! If you publish something instigated by this department, let me know at arnzen@gorelets.com and I'll mention it here!
November 5, 2004Posted inInstigation
Posted inInstigation

Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers

+ Give a monster a makeover. + Write a tribute to a serial killer. + Dismember a character from a children's TV show or family film. *** Instigation is a WEEKLY department in Hellnotes newsletter. If you publish something instigated by this department, let me know at arnzen@gorelets.com and I'll mention it in the newsletter!
September 6, 2004Posted inInstigation
Posted inArnzen News Instigation

Reader’s Guide to 100 Jolts

Because my flash fiction collection, 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories, was getting some attention from creative writing teachers -- and because I know some folks were teaching selected excerpts to various classes -- my publisher and I thought it might be worthwhile to produce a free teacher's guide/reader's guide to accompany it. I finished writing the guide this summer and you can now download it free as an .rtf file (MS Word ~500k) or .pdf file (Adobe ~100k) If you're a teacher or someone who's running a lecture on the craft of horror fiction, you might find it useful, whether…
September 3, 2004Posted inArnzen News, Instigation
Posted inInstigation

Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers

+ Do something truly nasty with a liposuction device. + Kill a overly nice person with kindness. + Write about a character who is literally "trying to keep his head straight." *** Like these? Instigation is a WEEKLY department in Hellnotes newsletter. If you publish something instigated by this department, let me know and I'll mention it here! Or if you're bold (and willing to forfeit electronic rights), post your response to a prompt at the new Goreletter weblog by clicking on the word "comments" below.
August 11, 2004Posted inInstigation