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I’ve always felt that writing horror stories shouldn’t just be about piling gory detail on top of gory detail. Such writing just seems to me to be very distasteful.
Instead, a horror story should be about commonplace events and places that suddenly take on a much more menacing aspect.
The skill of the horror writer should be to lull the reader into a sense of security whilst, of course, keeping the readers interest. The horror then comes out of the shock and surprise when the circumstances change and life and limb are threatened.
In My Perfect Lover – a romantic postcard fiction short love story – all seems to be happiness and loving contentment until the horror in the last line.
Comments welcome.
Bye for now
Rob
i really need help in writing horror stories, i know all the basics, i just need examples of topics…
just for your information, im still 12 years old…
I hope you can help me by sending me an email on dzabalawi@mobilityeye.com
Thanks in advance,
Diala
Diala, why don’t you try typing in ‘horror’ in the search box in the index which should take you to some articles about writing horror stories.
Alternatively, perhaps try typing in the search keywords ‘hopcott’ and ‘horror’ which might also help.
Good luck
Rob