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Quote for the week:
“Walls have ears.
Doors have eyes.
Trees have voices.
Beasts tell lies.
Beware the rain.
Beware the snow.
Beware the man
You think you know.”
~Songs of Sapphique (Catherine Fisher)
Have you ever sat around a campfire with friends, telling ghost stories and having fun scaring each other half silly? What is it that makes campfire ghost stories so much fun?
Much of the effect of a campfire ghost story is in the telling. A good storyteller knows how to keep their listeners' attention and ramp up the suspense until the climax of the story.
A good campfire story has to be short. Most of the best ones are only a minute or two long. The listeners will lose interest if it doesn't grab their attention right away. Unnecessary details will not add anything to the story. Just give enough details to set the scene and then show the events with action and dialogue.
Anything seems more scary when you are sitting out in the woods at night. Any sound or shadow becomes a monster sneaking up on you. When you write a horror story, try to transport your readers into the scary setting with your words.
A story has more impact if it seems to have a local connection. Storytellers will use phrases such as, "it happened right over there," or "I saw it with my own eyes." That is why the most popular urban legends change in the telling, and seem to have happened everywhere. The movie "Blair Witch Project" was scarier because it was presented as if it were true.
Something to try: Write a horror story that includes people sitting around a campfire.
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An Earworm (18+) An earworm gets Vinnie down. HM in 2020 Quill Awards - Flash Fiction category. #2221650 by Beholden
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Horror/Scary: May 26, 2021 Issue [#10785]
