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The Art of Fear

How to Write Scary Ghost Stories that Terrify Your Readers

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The Art of Fear

By: James Colton
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Do you want to give your readers goose bumps? Do you want to inspire nightmares? Author James Colton shares everything he’s learned from over a decade of writing ghost stories, including:

The Principles of Terror

  • Discover the basic qualities that make something scary
  • Learn how to apply the unknown, uncanniness, subtlety, and more to your writing

The Ghost Story Process

  • Crack the secrets of idea generation to craft a story that is both original and terrifying
  • Understand the structure of a ghost story for maximum fright impact

Creepy Case Studies

  • Study examples from novels, short stories, and films
  • Dive deep into one of my own ghost stories to see how it all works in practice

Practical Exercises

  • Stretch your creativity and train your spooky skills with specially crafted writing assignments
  • Put together everything you’ve learned to write your own scary ghost story
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