#85. The Creepy Carnival Story Gets Creepier! Laughs, Gasps & Crazy Prompts

Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a journey into the imagination with tips, techniques and tools you can use to write suspensefulcreature fiction. Anna uses the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse to generate short story ideas. The results are imagination-bending and a real workout for your creative writing.

It’s the ultimate writing prompt challenge. Your weekend is not weird enough (or creative enough) without Brainstoryum!

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INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I’m Anna Tizard and this is episode 85 of Brainstoryum.

I have a bumper show for you today (as I’m recording the introduction last this time). The ExCos turn out even crazier than usual today, so expect some laughs, yet despite this, I find myself setting what might well be called a ludicrous writing prompt challenge, which turns out pretty well, I reckon. So while this will be a slightly longer episode than usual, please do listen on, and join me in this bizarre journey into writing craft – and hopefully a glimpse into a little bitof my slowly building collection...

Brainstoryum: Short Stories and Writing Prompts

Brainstorm stories using the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse - a creative writing challenge you'll never forget! Hosted by award-winning dreampunk & fantasy author Anna Tizard.The game produces strange, often hilarious sentences, but after a bit of head-scratching (and tea drinking!), they inspire weird & unexpected stories.This show has evolved:Shows 37 & later focus more on storytelling, and the story brainstorms are deeper & richer. Shows 28-33 are Alice in Wonderland specials.Earlier shows include profound discussions on writing before game play.Dive in and don't look back!

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