Comments on: How Horror Fiction Can Make Us Better Writers https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 By: 'The Silence' Movie: How to Botch Storytelling in Every Way Imaginable https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/#comment-114729 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:07:44 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=20427#comment-114729 […] is great horror writing. For the record, slasher movies are to horror what porn is to epic romance. Believe it or not, […]

]]> By: Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 12 November 2016 by Pariah Burke Publishing & Design Consulting & Training https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/#comment-69586 Sat, 12 Nov 2016 20:03:19 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=20427#comment-69586 […] How Horror Fiction Can Make Us Better Writers […]

]]> By: Why Writing in the Horror/Thriller Genre Will Strengthen Your Author Skills https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/#comment-69585 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 20:30:01 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=20427#comment-69585 […] How Horror Fiction Can Make Us Better Writers – Kristen Lamb’s blog […]

]]> By: Why is Halloween and Horror Fiction so popular? – jean's writing https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/#comment-69584 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:32:14 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=20427#comment-69584 […] recent blog post by Kristen Lamb, How Horror Fiction Can Make Us Better Writers made me think that maybe I could use this genre to help my general […]

]]> By: Adam https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/#comment-69583 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:05:14 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=20427#comment-69583 I wonder if it’s really true we can’t feel fear and love simultaneously. For example, I might see an animal that shows clear signs of abuse, with a very hostile posture, and feel both wary/cautious, which is rooted in fear, but also compassion/pity, ropted in love.
Perhaps it’s more accurate to say that the more intensely we feel one, the less we can feel the other, and the harder the transition?

]]> By: Gary https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/#comment-69582 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 06:44:57 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=20427#comment-69582 Thought provoking post. I’ve always felt writing horror relies on psychology of the mind rather than gore to reallly stir me up. I write, well put words down, horror as well as genres skirting around it. Now you’ve got me wondering about whether I’m doing it right…shoot, if I’m not catastrophising about one thing, then I find a blog post to trigger another!!

Thanks for sharing this ?

]]> By: Fleur https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/#comment-69581 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:51:47 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=20427#comment-69581 Yes! Just did this on my book. Don’t need to do the – go rewrite after reading K’s blog – thing.
Anything Koonz is going to have some psychological thrill. Love him.
Great post. I’d never thought of it like this. Great insight.

]]> By: Christine Hayton https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/#comment-69580 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:29:01 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=20427#comment-69580 Thank you for giving us (me and my other horror writers) some credibility. I write psychological horror (have been compared to Lovecraft and Koontz) along with other genres, and diving into those deep fears, definitely enhances my romance, literary and contemporary fiction. I’m going to keep this post and when I get those comments that infer I’m not really a writer, and horror isn’t really literature – I’ll let you explain why they’re wrong.

]]> By: adeleulnais https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/#comment-69579 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 07:41:26 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=20427#comment-69579 Reblogged this on firefly465.

]]> By: adeleulnais https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/10/how-horror-fiction-can-make-us-better-writers/#comment-69578 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 07:41:10 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=20427#comment-69578 I was reading the comments above the reply and I agree with “Lights Out” being one of the most disturbing and horrific shorts I`ve ever seen. Another all time favourite of mine is “The Stand” and the “Exorcist”. The last one is fear related because, hell yeah, I`m afraid of demons and getting possessed so the fear factor works for me on that one. One of the best books that I would re-read over and over is The Dark Is Rising – Susan Cooper. The fear is the encroaching darkness and the evil that it hides. About people who you have trusted all your life not being who they are. That for me is a real fear. I read this book with the lights on and I was a teenager at the time.

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