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September 26, 2024

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Embracing The Seasons: How Seasonal Writing Can Help You Create Better Stories

I always search for horror short story competitions when the summer ends. This is a logical step with Halloween getting close. But the changing of the seasons kicks my brain into horror mode in a way that is beyond mere ghosts and demons. This is a desire to harness the characteristics of a specific time of year. Gripping spooky stories can of course take place at any point in the calendar. But my annual search has made me consider quite how effective seasonal writing can be. By looking for inspiration in Autumn itself, you can create some brilliant fiction. 

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What is a horror? We had no idea, now we do. Kind of…

We had no idea what we were getting into. How do you start writing in a new genre when your life has been consumed by another? Do you approach it… philosophically? Theoretically? With force and later fix the scrambles with duct tape? What’s the right amount of blood? Can it just be mysterious or psychological? Does that qualify as a horror? It’s a rabbit hole that goes around in circles, and we just kept running.

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