How to Write Gothic Poetry

You need to goth up your writing? Here are some tips!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• tortured soul
• expressiveness

1. Do not write about things in a non chalant way. Be dramatic. Be painfully truthful. The words you choose to use should chill your reader to the bone. Never use everyday words. A lot of gothic type writers use very descriptive words. Get a thesaurus.

2. Think Edgar Allen poe. Now HE was a very dark gothic writer. Tortured soul indeed. His content shocked everyone. Also, Dr. Suess. There is a dark side to Dr. Suess. Very colorful with words, yes, but a mysterious talent to creat charactors indeed.

3. Don't be afraid to be expressive. Embrace darkness because without it there is no light. There is a beauty in heartbreak. Unlike emos though, don't let it eat you up like a moron. Just tough through it.

4. The best gothic topics are psychotic almost in nature. Not gorey though. Try to think of oxymorons that work beautifully. The Life of Death. The Wilting of a Spring Flower. Vampirish things are gothic. The nightfall. Romance of the broken.

[langleycornwell]

on 6/3/2009 I love this article and would love to read some of your gothic poetry.