Do you have a deep love for the darker sides and enjoy feeding on fear? For quite some time, if the writings of the horror kings Edgar Alan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft or Stephen King have mesmerized you with their outstanding plots and dark characters then you might get motivated to utilize your writing skills to become an author and start Self-Publishing on Amazon on their Kindle platform.
With time, your ability to write short stories or novellas can motivate you to become a screenplay writer for horror movies with a huge fan base. It is absolutely baseless to comment that only readers with a passion for writing for such a long time can become great writers in the future. If you have talent, it can bloom even when you’re in your thirties or forties or even more.
Again when you are all set to give it a hard try, no other platform can support you more than the Kindle self publishing of Amazon. Write and publish an eBook copy of your horror short stories or even a novella to find out the acceptance of the other readers.
Focus on weaving a unique plot and introduce fearless characters who will succumb to the high tension of fear in the unpredictable climax and plot twist. However, to excel at that level, you need to practice writing.
Unless you are a gifted writer, it’s impossible to reach that height of creativity in the hay days of your writing career. Give it some time, unless you unleash the magnificent talent of your predecessors with the passage of time.
Tips for mastering the craft of writing a horror story —
Read more horror books
By reading the books of the horror masters from Lovecraft to King- you can understand what a good horror story looks like. Start with King’s The Shinning’ or Poe’s ‘Fall of the House of Usher’ to learn how the writer has tapped into the emotion of fear among the characters during the course of storytelling.
Even the saga continues in Doctor Sleep- the sequel of The Shinning when little Danny still has to cope with the other side of the world, the unseen, unheard with his power of clairvoyance that he calls the “shinning”.
Likewise, keep adding horror thrillers as well to delve through the dark psychology of individuals and even animals. Your bucket list should have added Colorado Kid, Lisey’s Story, Needful Things, The Stand, Carrier, Misery and of course Cujo.
Pick your choice of horror writing subject
Before you start writing a story for self publishing Manchester, pick a choice of subject. The genre of horror is enormous- far more than simple ghost stories. As a professional horror story writer, you should practice calling them the supernatural or the spirits from the other world. However, despite them, you can write about demons, and demonic processions like the famous book and cinema of the 90s-“The Exorcist”.
If you have to know how on the angry spirits or the Poltergeists, then pen a story on that and tell a story of
Later on, the world learned about spirit experts Ed & Lorraine Warren and went gaga over the Conjuring Universe.
You can also delve into dark fantasy such as The Dark Tower series of Stephen King. If you have a passion for writing for psychos or mentally unstable people that even turn into a slasher story- go for it. Show your genius in crafting haunting slasher characters like Norman Bates or Art the Clown.
Practice writing daily
You should hone the skill of writing by not quitting. Creative individuals shouldn’t do it even if they come across abysmal challenges. So, keep focusing and write daily as much as you can. Even Stephen King in an interview with J. R. R. Martin confessed that he writes every day for six hours. If you can give that much time or even less or more then give and make writing your habit. Even the best craftsman need to sharpen their weapon of writing to ace the skill of storytelling with each passing day.
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