Tips for Writing a Great Horror Story - WritersLife.org

Tips for Writing a Great Horror Story - WritersLife.org

 

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Hello there Peter here again from

writers life and coming up today tips

for writing a great horror story horror

continues to be a hugely popular genre

and with an audience always eager for

more writing a horror story can be

advantageous even if you are trying to

get published or thinking of

self-publishing your book but writing a

horror story because just as much

thoughts and skill as any other genre a

book and needs to be carefully crafted

to keep readers on the edge of their

seats and desperate yet terrified of

what might be revealed with each page

they turn writing a horror story allows

writers to get in touch with their dark

side to explore what scares them and

could end up being a brilliantly

cathartic projects as they face their

fears and demons along the way so are

you thinking about writing a horror

story here are some helpful tips what

are you afraid of start out by exploring

what makes the hairs on the back of your

arms stand up and shivers run up and

down your spine think about the worst

things that could happen the wickedest

of Deeds that someone can do terrifying

situations to be in write these down and

see if any themes emerge next pick your

sub-genre there's a vast variety of

different subgenres within the horror

genre are you interested in writing and

nail-biting thriller a haunting mystery

a no-holds-barred gruesome murder story

a horror story can be terrifying

revolting or creepy or a mixture of all

of them think about the kind of tale you

want to tell and use that as the base to

explore your story further next read

read and read the best way to learn

about writing a horror story is to read

lots of books in that genre so make sure

you do your research and read as much as

you possibly can and next build tension

a horror story is all about building

tension making your readers feeling

unsafe and unsettled even in everyday

situations can be a brilliant way of

creating a sense of anxiety and

apprehension taking the everyday and

turning it into a horrifying situation

can be a hugely affecting so while the

dark and stormy night might fit a

particular scene a trip to the park or

doing the washing-up with the windows

open on a sunny summers afternoon could

be a more effective setting for

something gruesome to take place next

create distinctive characters in the

majority of horror stories there are the

characters who are being terrified and

those who are imparting that terror upon

them make sure that your readers care

about your characters and what happens

to them

your readers need to be rooting for your

characters and to survive if they don't

care about them it will be harder for

them to get involved in the story

and to feel the horror the desperate

fear and the tension as they do next

become an expert at emotion shock dread

anxiety paranoia these are all extreme

emotions are ones that we should see

crop up in a horror story evoking these

emotions through your writing and the

ways your characters speak and behave

will make all the difference when it

comes to creating a successful horror

story next start as you mean to go on

don't wait to introduce horrifying or

unsettling details into your story yet

stuck in and use your opening scene to

show the reader you mean business

they've chosen to read a book in the

horror genre because that's what they

like so don't be afraid to get straight

in to scaring them at the beginning the

very beginning of your book don't forget

about the plot it's all too easy to

focus on the gruesome and terrifying

elements of a horror story and forget

about everything else however it is

important to remember that horror

stories still need well-crafted plots

that take the reader on a journey and

have a beginning and a middle and an end

there are so many interesting and

exciting ways to write a horror story

use these tips as a guide to get you

started and then let the dark side of

your imagination run wild and don't

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