Comments on: Writing a horror novel – any tips, things you’d like to read of, etc? http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc creative writing questions and answers Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:46:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aurum http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc/comment-page-1#comment-5091 Aurum Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:14:16 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc#comment-5091 Plot. Plot plot plot plot plot. While plotting is important in all stories, even more so in horror, because you -as the author- need to know who is doing what all the time and if you don't have a very detailed plot to go on, your going to walk yourself into walls and plotholes, and people won't find it scary or suspenceful. Also make it believable. If your main character is not afraid of the dark, and then one day for no reason he keeps hearing normal creeking house sounds and is terrified, people are going to think its stupid. And give the monster/badguy/whatever motive to do what he/she/it is doing so that its movements aren't spuratic as that will draw out the suspence and scare factore. Plot, believablity and motive. Have fun writting it. Plot. Plot plot plot plot plot. While plotting is important in all stories, even more so in horror, because you -as the author- need to know who is doing what all the time and if you don’t have a very detailed plot to go on, your going to walk yourself into walls and plotholes, and people won’t find it scary or suspenceful.
Also make it believable. If your main character is not afraid of the dark, and then one day for no reason he keeps hearing normal creeking house sounds and is terrified, people are going to think its stupid.
And give the monster/badguy/whatever motive to do what he/she/it is doing so that its movements aren’t spuratic as that will draw out the suspence and scare factore.
Plot, believablity and motive.
Have fun writting it.

]]> By: kArLa http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc/comment-page-1#comment-5090 kArLa Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:14:28 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc#comment-5090 hmm.. when i was still a kid, i dreamt of becoming a writer. hehe =D when i was writing horror stories, i start it with, hmmm... how do i say this. i start them with something like friends are having fun then the next scene is someone excused himself to go somewhere else and then, while he was alone, someone killed him. :D starting a movie with strange things will make people curious and be interested in your story. :D hehe -- i just want to share. :) i think this doesn't help. hihi hmm.. when i was still a kid, i dreamt of becoming a writer. hehe =D when i was writing horror stories, i start it with, hmmm… how do i say this. i start them with something like friends are having fun then the next scene is someone excused himself to go somewhere else and then, while he was alone, someone killed him. :D starting a movie with strange things will make people curious and be interested in your story. :D hehe — i just want to share. :) i think this doesn’t help. hihi

]]> By: jonboy2five http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc/comment-page-1#comment-5089 jonboy2five Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:22:12 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc#comment-5089 NO ALIENS... NO ALIENS…

]]> By: sliceoffriedgold http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc/comment-page-1#comment-5088 sliceoffriedgold Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:40:14 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc#comment-5088 It needs to have a mystery, detective element and 2 different story lines with character. For example a detective looking for a killer and a 2nd story line of flash backs of the killer or scenes with the killer killing and the detective coming after the crime scnene. It needs to have a mystery, detective element and 2 different story lines with character.

For example a detective looking for a killer and a 2nd story line of flash backs of the killer or scenes with the killer killing and the detective coming after the crime scnene.

]]> By: Jackie http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc/comment-page-1#comment-5087 Jackie Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:53:59 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/writing-a-horror-novel-any-tips-things-youd-like-to-read-of-etc#comment-5087 LOL ever since I read Twilight, I've been obsessed with VAMPIRES & WAREWOLVES. I would totally read your book if you wrote about that(: Sorry, that wasn't a 10 point winning answer... LOL ever since I read Twilight, I’ve been obsessed with VAMPIRES & WAREWOLVES. I would totally read your book if you wrote about that(: Sorry, that wasn’t a 10 point winning answer…

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