Special Halloween Edition

A Writer's Spell (andrewagreen)

A Writer's Spell

Scribble, scribble toil n' trouble;

Brain burns and ideas bubble.

Hatching plot, twisting tale

Hidden secrets to unveil.

Set the scene, lots at stake

Keep the reader wide awake

Strike a chord, hit a nerve

Pull them in, with writer's verve

Tell them this, hint at that

Tasty morsels, juicy scraps

Gory bits with lots of blood

First a trickle then a flood.

Conjure up a violent scene

Nightmare vision, awful dream.

Pull the hero limb from limb

Make a messy end of him

Nothing left but battered corpse

Then the story really warps

And ripping out the hero's tongue

We bury it in witches' dung.

Set the scene for blood and gore

Leave them thinking there'll be more.

Now the story's set in motion

A heady brew, a powerful potion.

My spell is done I quietly gloat

You're in my grip, you have to vote.