I've been planning on writing a series of B-movie inspired horror stories. I'm not sure if they'll be connected or just a set of short stories.
The most exciting part? I get to watch many B movies in the horror genre! Living my best life!
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Doing some tweaks to the ending of the second draft of a short novel I'm calling 𝘼 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨. It blurs some lines, and I'd considered a different title, but I think I'm going to stick with that.
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You ever have to pop into a manuscript for a quick tweak before heading to the gym because the perfect metaphor for an incident of bodily destruction has hit you?
Just finished the nigh-splatterpunk finale of the short story that’s kept drawing me to the keyboard. Time to break for lunch.
Submitted a 1,600 word "religious horror" story today. After watching some youtube videos on this particular sub-category of horror films, it feels good to have a name for it. I'm fairly new to writing horror so I have a lot to learn. #horrorwriting #horror #writing
I registered for this course just now. I’ve been eyeing it for a while. I hope it’s good! https://www.unb.ca/cel/enrichment/leisure-learning/writing-horror-online.html #HorrorWriting #WritingClass #Horror #WritingCommunity
www.unb.caWriting Horror: The Dark SideIn this course, we'll dispel some of the myths surrounding horror, and explore the key elements including, what turns an ordinary story into a spooky tale, how to build and maintain suspense, developing strong characters (human and otherwise), how to write an ending with maximum impact, and more.
"Horror Writing Prompts" by Rayne Hall.
This book is crammed with fertile seeds for fiction that will thrill, disturb or scare your readers. Each prompt comes with a wealth of suggestions for how you can develop it to suit the kind of story you want to write. Plant those seeds into the rich ground of your own imagination, and watch them grow.
Paperback ebook. mybook.to/HWP
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One thing I like about many of the stories in American Horror Stories is the way a lot of the horror has its seed in some unmet need of the protagonist and in some way, they make a choice to fulfill that need, a choice that can lead to a bad end. It's a working theory of the story structure and I'm thinking about it as I watch Tapeworm, the third episode of season 3. #horror #storytelling #horrorwriting
Sulu the book-reading black cat recommends:
"Writing Gothic Fiction: Learn to Thrill Readers with Passion and Suspense" by Rayne Hall.
E-book or paperback. http://mybook.to/Goth
I hate moths. Wrote about it for #ManorVellum's #EstateOfFright newsletter, attempting to channel my inner Edgar Allan Poe. You can sign up here if you're interested in reading: https://www.manorhq.com/ 
#Manor also publish #horror themed articles on their website, some by me 
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For people who read, write, watch gothic horror, you may really love this interview with author Catriona Ward. It is fascinating. I especially loved the argument for the usefulness of horror: It provides preparation for the vulnerable.
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/03Sn8bNoScDECNbnCq2GRE?si=8ae7790c7f124958
SpotifyDark Word #022: Catriona WardListen to this episode from The Dark Word on Spotify. Catriona Ward was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. Her fourth novel, the gothic thriller Sundial was Observer Thriller of the Month and a USA Today, CNN and Apple Books selection for best new fiction. Stephen King called it ‘Authentically terrifying.’Ward’s third breakout novel The Last House on Needless Street won the August Derleth Prize, and Esquire magazine listed it as one of the 25 best horror novels of all time.Ward’s second novel Little Eve won the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award and the August Derleth Prize. It was a Barnes and Noble best Horror Book of 2022 and a Guardian best book of 2018. Ward’s debut The Girl from Rawblood took her “eight years to write,” she reveals on this podcast, likening the experience to a seance. And it also won the 2016 August Derleth, making her the only woman to have won the prize three times.She also talks about the curse of the second novel (hers was Little Eve) and cautions, “Don’t miss your deadline, kids.” Hashtag Helpful Advice. The book bombed but the descriptions of why are fascinating and helped set the stage for Needless Street to explode.Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and have been shortlisted for various prizes. She lives in London and Devon.
I love the horror writer's technique of allowing the reader to be in on what's going down in a story before the point of view character figures it out. I'm reading Anne Rice's The Witching Hour and I am marveling at such techniques as well as others she uses to create various reactions in the reader. Magic, really, but also of course skill. #HorrorWriting #HorrorReading #WritingGothic #AnneRice
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@Melbin_Mike I've written fiction re: mental illness from both a first-person singular point of view and a first-person plural point of view. If one is portraying a mentally ill person/people via 1st person, there is an opportunity to demonstrate what you are describing by how the narrative is told. For example, does the narrator illustrate this both/and capability? However, sts lit magazines may shy away from publishing this.