On Writing Horror : A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association - Mort Castle

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On Writing Horror

A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association

By: Mort Castle, Writer's Digest

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Paperback | 18 November 2006 | Edition Number 1

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The masters of horror have united to teach you the secrets of success in the scariest genre of all! In On Writing Horror, Second Edition, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, David Morrell, Jack Ketchum, and many others tell you everything you need to know to successfully write and publish horror novels and short stories. Edited by the Horror Writers Association (HWA), a worldwide organisation of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting dark literature, On Writing Horror includes exclusive information and guidance from 58 of the biggest names in horror writing to give you the inspiration you need to start scaring and exciting readers and editors. You'll discover comprehensive instruction such as: The art of crafting visceral violence, from Jack Ketchum Why horror classics like Dracula, The Exorcist, and Hell House are as scary as ever, from Robert Weinberg Tips for avoiding one of the biggest death knells in horror writing - predicable cliches - from Ramsey Campbell How to use character and setting to stretch the limits of credibility, from Mort Castle With On Writing Horror, you can unlock the mystery surrounding classic horror traditions, revel in the art and craft of writing horror, and find out exactly where the genre is going next. Learn from the best, and you could be the next best-selling author keeping readers up all night long. | Featuring advice from some of the best names in the field, this guide covers horror traditions, the art and craft of writing horror, and where the genre is going next.

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Foreword : the Horror Writers Association : a shockingly brief and informal history of the HWA
The madness of art	p. 4
Acceptance speech : the 2003 National Book Award for distinguished contribution to American letters	p. 7
Why we write horror	p. 13
What you are meant to know : twenty-one horror classics	p. 17
Avoiding what's been done to death	p. 23
Workshops of horror (and seminars and conferences)	p. 26
Degrees of dread : horror in higher education	p. 32
A world of dark and disturbing ideas	p. 40
Mirror, mirror	p. 48
Going there : strategies for writing the things that scare you	p. 53
Honest lies and darker truths : history and horror fiction	p. 58
Such horrible people	p. 65
A hand on the shoulder	p. 73
Eerie events and horrible happenings : plotting short horror fiction	p. 77
Reality and the waking nightmare : setting and character in horror fiction	p. 82
"He said?" : she asked : some thoughts about dialogue	p. 88
Keep it moving, maniacs : writing action scenes in horror fiction	p. 95
The dark enchantment of style	p. 102
Innovation in horror	p. 108
Depth of field : horror and literary fiction	p. 113
Splat goes the hero : visceral horror	p. 118
Darkness absolute : the standards of excellence in horror fiction	p. 124
On horror : a conversation with Harlan Ellison	p. 132
No more silver mirrors : the monster in our times	p. 137
Fresh blood from old wounds : the alchemist meets the biochemist	p. 141
More simply human	p. 146
The possibility of the impossible	p. 152
Take a scalpel to those tropes	p. 156
That spectred isle : tradition, sensibility, and delivery or ghosts? : what ghosts?	p. 159
New horrors : a roundtable discussion of horror today and tomorrow	p. 163
Archetypes and fearful allure : writing erotic horror	p. 171
Writing for the new pulps : horror-themed anthologies	p. 176
Freaks and fiddles, banjos and beasts : writing redneck horror	p. 179
Youth gone wild	p. 184
Writing horror comic books - and graphic novels	p. 188
Acts of madness : writing horror for the stage	p. 194
Fear spins off : the tie-in novel comes into its own	p. 199
The play's the thing on the doorstep : writing video and role-playing games	p. 203
Now fear this : writing horror for audio theater	p. 209
Good characters and cool kills : writing the horror screenplay	p. 213
Dark fluidity : online research and marketing resources	p. 219
The small press : filling shelves with rare books	p. 223
Sharing the creeps : marketing short horror fiction, version 2.0	p. 231
For love or money : six marketing myths	p. 235
One reader at a time : promoting your horror novel	p. 238
Afterword : quiet lies the locust tells	p. 243
The HWA members who contributed to this book	p. 248
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