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Esther joined the group Horror Writers 3 years, 6 months ago
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Catholic Creed replied to the topic Introducing myself in the forum Horror writers 3 years, 9 months ago
Hi @kayla13892
I’m Hannah! *insert awkward wave* I had a bit of a learning curve on Story Embers myself.
I admit, I’m also not writing strictly horror right now. But those techniques will be used often enough in my current project – once I hit plot point 1 – that I’m not actually 100% sure about that.
So I am not particularly familiar with w…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers 4 years, 4 months ago
Oooh, it’s Sci-fi. I like it.
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Brian Stansell replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers 4 years, 4 months ago
Hello again, Cainon @sir-leeds and Daeus @daeus-lamb
Here is a horrific idea that I had. It is only a few lines from the perspective of a Hive-controlled villain.
“You were not born. You were downloaded. You are nothing but fractalated bits of carbon and a series of charges. A code of randomization, that requires debugging. You have no fa…[Read more]
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers 4 years, 4 months ago
🤔 Boy, I can’t remember which story I was talking about. Probably one that will involve a lot of traveling through a demon-haunted wood that examines how pure good and pure evil are so other to the human experience that we could not survive an encounter with either.
I also have a vague idea for a story set in an old, crazy mansion involving a…[Read more]
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Brian Stansell replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers 4 years, 4 months ago
Hi @daeus-lamb,
I would love to hear your idea.
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Daeus Lamb replied to the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers 4 years, 5 months ago
I have a vague idea for a story that might be horror, though it’s more likely suspense. Interested to see what others have to say. I never care to watch any horror, no thank you, but I might have some interest in books. I certainly like to broaden my reading.
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Sir Leeds started the topic Horror Story Ideas in the forum Horror writers 4 years, 5 months ago
If you’ve got an idea or maybe even a rough draft for a horror story, let’s see it. Let’s get this thread going! And if you’re not actively working on anything, maybe you could share one of your favorite horror stories and why it’s one of your favorites.
I’ll break the ice with a few ideas I’ve had lately. Hopefully I’ll actually be able to…[Read more]
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Sir Leeds joined the group Horror Writers 4 years, 5 months ago
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Avery_Diagham posted an update in the group Horror Writers 4 years, 8 months ago
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Avery_Diagham posted an update in the group Horror Writers 4 years, 8 months ago
Hello fellow gouhlie lovers im Avery and im so excited to join!
Do any of you guys know how to make my own colab page thx
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Avery_Diagham joined the group Horror Writers 4 years, 8 months ago
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Natalie Cone joined the group Horror Writers 4 years, 9 months ago
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Brian Stansell posted an update in the group Horror Writers 4 years, 9 months ago
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@this-is-not-an-alienCathy and Hannah,
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Brian Stansell posted an update in the group Horror Writers 4 years, 9 months ago
So, since I have some spooky thriller stories, I thought I might post one here.
It is unfinished by comes from a dream…nightmare…hard to describe. Doesn’t seem to fit in any of the 52 Challenges, but…here goes.
Written Jan. 28, 2011
“State of Panek”
A man stood in the middle of the dirt road, legs firmly planted, breath steadily chugging…[Read more]-
*staggers in super super late* I’m here!!
Wow, that was a good shortstory. It was intense and left a lot to the readers’ imagination, the imagery for the theme was very vivid and clear but not gratuitous and it had a very punchy pace that kept me riveted until the end. At first I wasn’t sure the descriptions didn’t confuse rather than complim…[Read more]-
Thanks, Cathy! It was something I was kinda kicking around trying to see what it would be like to write a creepy suspense thriller, but I was distracted from ever writing more on it. Just had some collections of ominous images and a few scenes, but that was it. I was calling it “State of Panek”, with the villain’s last name being “Panek”. It…[Read more]
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Ooh I would read that! I loved the images like the mirror and the snappy dialogue. It would require a lot of deep characterization to really tap the theme which from the sample is already quite nicely laid. Maintaining intensity throughout would require a lot of emotional variety and range, I think that aligns smoothly with your current writing…[Read more]
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You know, I never really thought about the vocabulary, until I started doing NaNoWriMo back a couple of years ago. I believe I am a panster, but there were some stories that I actually did an outline for…and generally followed. I guess it all depends. Sometimes the story dictates how I come at it. Sometimes it is merely a series of images,…[Read more]
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Oh same here! I am 100% a panster in the first draft and get more and more planster in the subsequent drafts (I mean ya can’t edit a blank page ;). My mom’s always like ‘Why can’t you write happier stories?’ And I’m like ‘No but my subconscious won’t let me, the Angel of Muse is very strict (oh, have you seen the Phantom of the Opera?).’ Writi…[Read more]
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Brian Stansell joined the group Horror Writers 4 years, 9 months ago
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Catholic Creed replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers 4 years, 11 months ago
On hands and knees, she crept between thorny bushes rotting fence: jacket still tied around her, puppy still wriggling at her belly.
“Quiet Kazoo.” Her lips barely moved.
Emily was a quiet girl, slight lisp due to her missing front tooth. Freckles splattered her face, arms, and back. Her red hair wisped around her round face. Her cheeks we…[Read more]
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Catholic Creed replied to the topic 52 Challenge in the forum Horror writers 5 years, 1 month ago
It’s a black flip-phone.
That’s it.
I have a contact list.
I don’t answer unless a name appears.
(Don’t tell anyone but sometimes I don’t answer then.)
I’ve had it four years.
Yesterday I learned how to change the ringtone.
That’s right, yesterday.
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m low-tech.
It is… embarrassing that only yesterday I co…[Read more]
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Emberynus The Dragonslayer joined the group Horror Writers 5 years, 2 months ago
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