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Your goal with any tale of horror is to inspire just that in your readers: horror. In order for them to feel it though, the people they care about - the protagonist and main characters - must also ...
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2019-12-12T17:48:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T04:42:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/19373 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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Your goal with any tale of horror is to inspire just that in your readers: horror. In order for them to feel it though, the people they care about - the protagonist and main characters - must also experience that horror. Are your events frightening to your protagonist, regardless of when they occur? Good. Focus on what makes them frightening, why the protagonist is scared. If you can convey what makes your hero frightened, your reader will be too. Don't rely on the time of day to inspire fear. Rely on your characters. **Explore why your characters are frightened; convey what they think and feel, and your reader will think and feel the same thing.**
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System
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2015-10-16T19:03:08Z (about 9 years ago)
Original score: 5