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The Resolution

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Above you have The Resolution -- selected as the "Best Storyline" in the writing contest featured in the latest issue of The Goreletter. Kudos to my "co-authors": Gary Blankenship, Mike Brendan, AK Drees, Brian J. Harrold, Dale Herring & Terrie Leigh Relf, along with Matt Duvall and Steph Ellis, all of whom made this a lot of fun. This story started with the opening sentence, offered online as an Instigation "prompt" for a New Year's Eve writing contest ... and authors "replied" to it using tweets and AuthorBee functions to build a narrative that went in many…
December 31, 2013Posted inInstigation
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THE RESOLUTION: A Twitter Story Contest – Sponsored by AuthorBee!

ANNOUNCING A NEW YEAR'S WRITING CONTEST in the Instigation Playground at AuthorBee Deadline for entries is 12/29/13 at Midnight est. WIN AN AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM OUR HOST, @AUTHORBEE! Let's write a twisted tale together to ring (or is that "wring"?) in the New Year! The story is called "The Resolution." And it all begins with the following line: You're bound. A TV shows Times Square. "What's your resolution," a man holding a knife asks, "for the afterlife?" Consider yourself "instigated": YOU GO NEXT! You simply need to be a member of twitter to play along (it's free -- check…
December 20, 2013Posted inArnzen News, Instigation
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Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers (32)

+ Santa goes down the chimney...and enters hell! Script a dialogue between Santa and Satan. (xref: Instigation Playground) + Describe an incident with the border patrol at the edge of an otherworldly portal. (xref: Instigation Showcase) + Dramatize your own funeral (and/or wake) from the viewpoint of the person in attendance most likely to be bored by it all. (xref: Instigation ebook)
December 19, 2013Posted inInstigation
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Live Instigation

Thought I'd toss up a quick reminder that I've been erratically posting Instigation prompts to twitter all month, which are feeding into the new Instigation Showcase page. I conceive of all this as being not only an extension of this department on the blog, but also the recently-released ebook. If you're on twitter, just follow @MikeArnzen -- if you're not, you can always see what I'm posting to that nefarious site on the archive I keep called "The Nest" right here at gorelets.com/nest. Here's a sampler of some recent favorites:     "Construct a scenario involving a contemporary equivalent to…
April 14, 2013Posted inInstigation
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Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side – New E-book Now Available!

Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side by Michael Arnzen: Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side is a treasury of twisted tips, strange scenarios and disturbing sparks to help ignite the fuel in your creative furnace. Its aim? To push you into the danger zone of your imagination, by thinking in unconventional ways and trying things you never thought — or dared — to try before in your writing, art, or dreams. See the catalog page for more information. DIRECT PURCHASE FROM MASTICATION for $3.99: ALSO NOW AVAILABLE FROM: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | Kobo |…
March 16, 2013Posted inArnzen News, Instigation