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Q&A I'm not sure where to start with writing a horror story

I haven't written anything horror, but I have had scenes in my past stories that my friends have stated was 'creepy,' so I've decided I wanted to attempt to write something scary. I tend to lean in...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Nicole‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:05:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/30550
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Nicole‭ · 2019-12-08T07:05:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
I haven't written anything horror, but I have had scenes in my past stories that my friends have stated was 'creepy,' so I've decided I wanted to attempt to write something scary. I tend to lean into Fantasy when I write, though, so I feel like I may end up writing some super cliché variation of a ghost story everyone's heard before. Knowing this, I want to try something more realistic, but I'm not sure exactly where to start.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-09-30T15:48:48Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 1