But let’s not forget there’s a huge base of horror fans today, desperate for their next fix. So if you’re hoping to become the next Crown Prince of Dread, your dream can still come true! Here are seven steps to writing truly chilling horror: 1. Start with a fear factor 2. Pick...
Bestselling and award-winning author Simone St. James shares five tips for writing scary stories and horror novels that readers will love to fear.
Microfiction novelist Ran Walker offers five tips for writing better horror—and terrifying your readers along the way.
one novel, two books of nonfiction, and more than fifty stories in various venues. I’ve been inBest Horror of the Yearon several occasions. Maybe more important to this topic, I’ve been writing full-
Similarly, shorter stories are an outlet for new ideas that don’t fit into your magnum opus. If you watch a Marvel movie and get excited about writing a superhero story, write a superhero novelette instead of adding superheroes to your cosmic horror series. That will definitely benefit your...
Different formats of stories have different structures. For example, many plays, films, and novels follow a three-act structure that suggests placing specific plot points, or “story beats,” at specific points in the story. If you’re writing a short story, on the other hand, you have muc...
If you’re contemplating writing a horror story but aren’t sure where to start, consider jotting down some things that make you fearful or uncomfortable. Then, pick one or two of them and let your imagination run with them. For example, if cemeteries disturb you, what abo...
Stephen Kingis the master of horrific writing. Or, rather, the horror genre. He boasts a best-selling authorship of terrifying tales, with over 350 million copies sold across the world. Also, he has penned the writer’s guide classic,On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. If anyone knows ho...
4. Halloween isn’t for everyone, so you sneak into the library after hours to avoid the celebrations. You find an open book, and when you pick it up, you’re transported into a horror story. 5. A Halloween party with a simple theme – vampires! It’s all fun and games until the...
Below are several tips on writing scripts for drama or movies: Understand what a script is The script or screenplay is an outline of all the elements that are needed in telling stories through drama or movies. These elements include audial, visual, dialogue, and behavior and they play a grea...