LYING 101
Debbye mentioned to me in a recent e-mail that lying about Evil Glenn can be quite difficult. I figure she's not the only chronically honest person out there, so I thought I'd try to give a few pointers.
Now, I'm not a professional liar (I dropped out of Law School in my second year), but I've given the matter some thought.
First, Heather gives a good description of the general technique in the comments to one of Susie's posts:
"Stream of consciousness, Susie. All it takes - be obnoxious, and then make the obnoxious more obnoxious, and then spin a tale"
That's the right attitude, but more specifically, the trick is this: Think of things you currently consider weird, bizarre, freakish, abnormal, creepy, discomforting, stupid, offensive, or just plain wrong. Once you have this something in mind, tie it to Evil Glenn. Have him enjoy this bad thing, and write about the resulting mental picture. Free your imagination and make it as unrealistic as possible.
Take Frank's 2 best lies, for example:
Hurting puppies is bad. Glenn enjoys it. The twist is that he blends them and drinks them, too.
Killing people is wrong. Glenn enjoys it. The twist is that he murders hobos, who are already helpless, sympathetic characters who are down on their luck.
Last night I thought about something that creeps me out: spiders. Glenn enjoys them. The twist is that he... Well, I'll be posting that later.
Hope this helps.
UPDATE: the spider lie is here.
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