Tag Archives: horror

Scare the Cat

Blake Snyder’s story beats have proved useful to me in the past in helping me structure a longer piece of fiction. In my current work in progress, I’m using them to structure a thriller of sorts. But I have been writing horror on the side too. Snyder’s structure doesn’t quite work for horror though. NotContinue reading “Scare the Cat”

I forgot to add Basil!

I saw this today and, having just finished the first draft of a children’s horror novella, it did make me smile. I miss every single criterion from this graphic: my hero is very flawed, this journey is less than heroic, my antagonist isn’t ruthless – well, not totally amoral, and I apparently forgot to includeContinue reading “I forgot to add Basil!”

Let’s review: 13 Bullets

So first, an admission. I picked this book up for a quid in WHSmiths for my holiday and didn’t have high expectations. It was just something to fill the time while I waited to come home to my WiFi. I picked it up because it had a cool blurb and was on clearance. I amContinue reading “Let’s review: 13 Bullets”

Counting Down the Thunder

I wrote this on the 6th February 2019 at the Wear Valley Writers Workshop in Bishop Auckland, County Durham England. The prompt was a set of odd words of which I chose ‘Bobowler’ which I discovered meant moth. Having not used the word before, I set out a story where one suddenly appears. Enjoy, ErraticContinue reading “Counting Down the Thunder”