 Horror/Scary: February 11, 2015 Issue [#6819] |
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This week: Terrible Horror Edited by: Gaby  
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| Hey, guys! I'm Gaby and I'm your guest editor fot this issue of the Horror Newsletter. |
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Before we begin, let's get one thing straight. You aren't Stephen King and you probably never will be, but your story has potential.
Boy, does that sentence hurt, or what?! You can twist it around, put the positive before the negative and it'll still be painful. You should learn from it. You may ignore the rest of the review completely, but those words will stick with you for a long time.
My question is, how do you proceed? You may not be the next Stephen King, but would you want to be? Wouldn't you rather be yourself and write your type of story than follow in someone else's footsteps?
Your writing is supposed to horrify, and if it doesn't do that, it should terrify, and if you haven't succeeded in doing neither, then at least gross the reader out. The best stories ever written can have different effects on readers. If you look at Anne Rice, Dean Koontz, and yes, Stephen King, whose writing is categorized in the same genre, do you really feel they deliver the same type of writing? Not even close. While King creates something extra ordinary while using the every day scenario, Rice and Koontz lean more toward the supernatural horror, yet their writing styles are completely different.
To me, horror stories are fascinating, however scary they are. It's the writing style which creeps up on you and gives you the goose bumps as you read each word. A murder isn't just a murder if it happens in a vicious way and you get to see it and experience it through the written word. A cat is just a cat until you see its eyes in the darkness as a light from nowhere, it seems, shines on them and your imagination takes the wrong turn.
So, no, you won't be the next Stephen King, but you're supposed to follow your own path, and if you can get under the skin of one person, it means you've succeeded. And if you haven't, well, try it again. Amazing writing is just around the corner, you just have to tap into that darkness of yours and find the right ingredients.
'til next time,
~ Gaby  |
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