Raise the Stakes Like a Pro
An essential part of plotting a story is to raise the stakes as the story progresses. Your character has to have something to lose to make the story meaningful. And […]
Category: Plotting
How to Open a Horror Story
Sometimes just starting a horror story is the hardest part. But a good, strong opening can make a story. To start a horror story, figure out the source of fear. […]
Write The Scariest Horror With These Concepts
Writing horror stories can be tricky because we all know what fear is, but how do you write it? Here is a simple approach to help you sort your scares […]
Modern Horror Cliches and How to fix Them
A cliche is something commonplace and overly familiar. In writing it is the tropes and stereotypes that we have all seen a thousand times before. To avoid cliches, you have […]
Foreshadowing in Horror Writing (When and How to Use it)
One of the main tools in a writer’s bag of tricks is foreshadowing. Every horror novel ever written uses it to some degree. Foreshadowing is when you give the reader […]
A Simple Way to Structure a Horror Story
There are many ways to write a horror story. The basic structure is the same whether you are telling a traditional ghost story or a modern story about an axe […]
