OptionalFiction

Horror seems incredibly difficult to write. The setup needs a lot of atmosphere, but then when action happens it seemingly all need to happen simultaneously. While I have seen a bunch of horror films I haven't read a single horror book, so I'm also missing a point of reference. Well, that's a bit of a lie. I have listened to audio versions of a couple ghost short stories on LibriVox, but didn't pay well enough attention to draw on them for technique. I generally don't enjoy horror very much, so maybe it's not the best genre to write in. But it was fun to try.