Quoted from irish eyes Dam, I was so confident on Friday, and now it's Monday, and I'm drawing a huge blank.

Same. Nothing coming at all so far. Still early.

Quoted from SAC Same. Nothing coming at all so far. Still early.

There is a cursed thing. Or person. Or place.  The curse is bad. Real bad. Someone tries to lift the curse. Things get better or worse.

It practically writes itself, Steve.

- Don

Quoted from Don Thank you for pointing out my mistakes.  It helps me learn. - Don

Not as bad as the social media platform I tried coding; a messaging site dedicated to hard-core Christian Bible Thumpers who shamelessly harbour a speech impediment… FaithBook.


Sounds like a fun challenge, but I’ve decided to put myself under pressure this month by hosting a Halloween Party this Saturday and I’m building props n’ shit all the live long day, been at it since mid September…! there’s never enough lights and ghouls, no matter how many I put up, lol.

I’ll definitely read some next week. Curious what y’all come up with.

Anyway, thought I’d throw some crazy into the ring , err… inspiration, for those participating in this OWC. About 15 pages of lunacy that actually does have an ending, albeit dumbass, but an ending none the less.

The Cursed Typewriter

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydso20ihgnqg2qe/The%20Cursed%20Typewriter.pdf?dl=0

Rick:

Well, I sure am impressed with how you got the blood spatter on the page.

Very creepy.

Quoted from LC Rick: Well, I sure am impressed with how you got the blood spatter on the page. Very creepy.

Thanks, glad you got a kick out of it  

I’ll never tell the secret to the blood-stained page, never!

OK, I’ll tell you, lol. Quite simple actually. The difficult part is finding an image that looks like real blood splatter, as opposed to a cartoon style clip-art. Once that’s done you’re all set.

I used MS Word to create the document, it allows you to insert images as the page background, like a watermark, then just parse (save as) the document to a PDF.

Quoted from Gum The Cursed Typewriter https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydso20ihgnqg2qe/The%20Cursed%20Typewriter.pdf?dl=0

Eh what? Woah.

Ha! I liked it! Loved the idea of a cursed typewriter and The Shining. It also reminded me of a GIF where a writer types furiously until his fingers are just bloody stumps.  

What about...a cursed dictionary. Whenever anybody reads a noun from it, they sacrifice their place in "writer's choice" on the Halloween OWC. In order to break the curse, they have to read at least ten other submissions.

Quoted from Grandma Bear Ha! I liked it! Loved the idea of a cursed typewriter and The Shining. It also reminded me of a GIF where a writer types furiously until his fingers are just bloody stumps.

Thanks! I thought there might be a few ‘King’ or ‘Shining’ fans on here that would get a kick out of this.  

I'm trying, but blank over here.

EDIT & UPDATE - I may have something. lol

Just thought I'd include a reminder (cause I went back to look) that Don has very kindly made the requirements as broad as possible.

Genre: Halloween Horror (Thriller, Suspense, Comedy, etc) Rating: Adult, YA, Family etc..
Comedy and Family included.
And etc
Etcetera pretty much covers anything.  

Submitted. I'm in. Whew. I know it's chock-full of errors, but started late.

Quoted from Robert Timsah Submitted. I'm in. Whew. I know it's chock-full of errors, but started late.

Started late...HA! I've three hours blocked out tomorrow to come up with an idea, write a draft, and revise. I'd say you're GOLDEN!

I'm with you John, tomorrow night, write till my fingers bleed and then keep the bloody stumps crossed!

Quoted from JEStaats Started late...HA! I've three hours blocked out tomorrow to come up with an idea, write a draft, and revise. I'd say you're GOLDEN!

must be a pantser