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Q&A Better Ways of Showing Fear

In my current novel, I'm dealing with very scary creatures that never fail to fill my protagonist with fear, but I always have her doing the same thing. My character always seems to simply widen he...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Nicole Skye‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:42:51Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/29033
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Nicole Skye‭ · 2019-12-08T06:42:51Z (about 5 years ago)
In my current novel, I'm dealing with very scary creatures that never fail to fill my protagonist with fear, but I always have her doing the same thing. My character always seems to simply widen her eyes, but what are some other common human reactions to fear that I can use to add some variety? I'm not talking about fight-or-flight, just expressing human reactions to fear/being in scary situations like screaming and such!

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-07-01T17:14:49Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 2