What do you do if you are accused of committing a murder and you have no memory of doing it? But all the evidence says you are guilty.
Always being attracted to spooky things, even as a child, is what led me to write horror. My first book was a Christian fantasy with horror elements.
magine you’re a successful writer. Then you get something that all writers dread: writer’s block. But you’ll work through it, right? While dealing with writer’s block, something happens that makes you begin to drink more heavily and even consider suicide. The skeleton man appears.
My brother read my third poetry book, 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦, recently. His response? “That book is kind of dark, man.”
In 𝑂𝑛 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, Stephen King claims “outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers.” King suggests they limit inspiration and the joy of creativity. Jack Kerouac likely agreed, writing novels such as 𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 in a stream-of-conscious style on a long roll of paper.
Whether it be the 1910 horror film, Frankenstein, written and directed by J. Searle Dawley, or the 1974 comedy from Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein, the image of the monster and his creator are forever etched into our minds. But with all the great adaptations to this fine story over nearly two centuries, we should not…
The words your character just yelled are so very important, and you want to be sure those who will be reading your story notice them. How do you draw attention to those words? How do you convey their importance to your readers?
“Why do you like vampires? What’s so special about them? Why read about them? What’s so appealing?” Thus do the philistines speak. What’s so appealing about literary vampires? Let me count the ways… …by doing a bit of history… The literary vampire didn’t begin to flourish until the mid-1880s. I’ve heard it said that before…
I’ve always been an imaginative person. I loved every minute of being a Star Wars kid, but when the movie ended, that was just the beginning for me. Hours would be spent pretending to be Luke Skywalker. It didn’t matter if I had friends around or not, my imaginary lightsaber was real enough to me,…
How fond of snowmen are you? Do you have fond memories of playing in the snow, throwing snowballs, and making snowmen? Warning: Once you read this short story, you might not like snowmen so much. You might never want to see one again. It is possible that you could develop a phobia of snowmen. This…
