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Five thoughts about writing horror stories
Horror narratives, like any genre, come with their own conventions. What is it that makes horror so frightening? I’m currently working on two different projects for children and young adults...
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Five things that terrified me as a child
I was working on two writing projects in the genre of children’s/young adult horror when I thought: what were the things which terrified me as a child? #5: The dark Nyctophobia, or a fear of the...
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Five things I learned from my favourite horror films, part 1
As writers, which successful elements from other horror narratives can we recognise and incorporate into our own works of fiction? The theme of horror that I’ve covered over the past couple of...
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Five things I learned from my favourite horror films, part 2
As writers, which successful elements from other horror narratives can we recognise and incorporate into our own works of fiction? (Continued from Part 1.) Most of these are fairly old, but let’s...
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Six things that terrify me as an adult, part 1
How can writers work their adult fears into stories to help craft authentic horror narratives? If we follow on from the maxim ‘write what you know’ and you’re going to write horror stories, then...
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Six things that terrify me as an adult, part 2
How can writers work their adult fears into stories to help craft authentic horror narratives? (Continued from Part 1.) 4. Fundamentalism It’s a disappointingly popular opinion that...
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