Horrific Writing
but in a good way...25 total reviews
Comment from Tom Horonzy
As usual, your advice has depth and substance, and I suspect if I want to see how it is used, I should peel back the skin of your portfolio and rad what is there for living examples.
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2022
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As usual, your advice has depth and substance, and I suspect if I want to see how it is used, I should peel back the skin of your portfolio and rad what is there for living examples.
Comment Written 04-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2022
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My portfolio is as random as it gets!
Comment from Bill Schott
This was a dark and stormy tutorial on getting a horror story up and running. I can never stay serious long enough to make mine anything but campy. Nothing funnier than a rotting corpse chasing someone through a pot-n-pan filled kitchen, a rake-handle hazard in a sheep- shearing shed, or a woods carpeted in bruin poop.
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2022
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This was a dark and stormy tutorial on getting a horror story up and running. I can never stay serious long enough to make mine anything but campy. Nothing funnier than a rotting corpse chasing someone through a pot-n-pan filled kitchen, a rake-handle hazard in a sheep- shearing shed, or a woods carpeted in bruin poop.
Comment Written 04-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2022
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Nothing wrong with a bit of camp every so often. Much appreciated G
Comment from Jesse James Doty
This is well written and gives very good advice to the writer of horror stories. All the basic knowledge needed to give the reader a real scare is packed into easy-to-read steps by this superb author. Well done and much help to every writer regardless of whether they write fiction or non-fiction.
Thanks for providing us with everything we need to write excellent horror tales.
Jesse
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reply by the author on 17-Aug-2022
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This is well written and gives very good advice to the writer of horror stories. All the basic knowledge needed to give the reader a real scare is packed into easy-to-read steps by this superb author. Well done and much help to every writer regardless of whether they write fiction or non-fiction.
Thanks for providing us with everything we need to write excellent horror tales.
Jesse
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Comment Written 04-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2022
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Many thanks once again, Jesse. G
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You're welcome, my friend.
You are an excellent writer.
Jesse
Comment from Katherine M. (k-11)
You have treated us to yet another wonderful writing lesson. I cannot imagine myself ever setting out to write fictional horror. However, you still get 6 stars from me for this. Your words will stand me in good stead for the horrific parts of the memoirs I write. And much of your advice is, as you know, applicable to the best of any sort of writing. Incidentally, your essay is useful to any reader/teacher who is trying to work out why a pupil's horror story isn't quite coming off. Thanks Kate xx
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2022
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You have treated us to yet another wonderful writing lesson. I cannot imagine myself ever setting out to write fictional horror. However, you still get 6 stars from me for this. Your words will stand me in good stead for the horrific parts of the memoirs I write. And much of your advice is, as you know, applicable to the best of any sort of writing. Incidentally, your essay is useful to any reader/teacher who is trying to work out why a pupil's horror story isn't quite coming off. Thanks Kate xx
Comment Written 04-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2022
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Horror isn't as odd or difficult as it seems. it's an emotion at the end of the day. Much appreciated, especially for using some of those valuable pumps on it. G
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Yes, but creating this emotion in others seems an impossible task to me. But I decided to try. I started a short play (An Absence Is Announced), and we'll see how it goes.
As for the pumps, one was what I figured I owed you coz you should have won that HP contest, the other was my tithe for that week (every week I put 1 pump I got for reviewing back where it came from - don't expect any more, I've never seen it land on the same person twice). Kate xx
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
I've never written horror, but this is really interesting. We can use these tips in other ways, building up to a nasty meeting, facing a bully at school, little things that do scare but not horror. That is an art on its own. Dean Cook/Kuch had the art down to a T. I will add this to my Gareth file, it might be needed in another book. You're very generous writing all these tips for us to improve, Gareth, and I for one really appreciate them. Well done again! :)) Sandra xxx
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reply by the author on 17-Aug-2022
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I've never written horror, but this is really interesting. We can use these tips in other ways, building up to a nasty meeting, facing a bully at school, little things that do scare but not horror. That is an art on its own. Dean Cook/Kuch had the art down to a T. I will add this to my Gareth file, it might be needed in another book. You're very generous writing all these tips for us to improve, Gareth, and I for one really appreciate them. Well done again! :)) Sandra xxx
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Comment Written 04-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 17-Aug-2022
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Yep. I still miss Dean. So helpful too.
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Yes he was. We've lost a few good ones on here recently. Really sad. xx