
Writing Terror into Your Horror

believability is the key to terror.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
When you think about the scariest movies you’ve ever seen, was the killer or monster revealed immediately? Probably not. Because when something lurks in the shadows, when you can’t see, touch, or hold it, it becomes more frightening. It’s unknown. And when something is unknown, it’s difficult to deal with because your imagination runs wild, buildin
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Surprising: “All good writing has a twist-a kind of moment when something begins to change. Just like a horror movie, you build up that suspense and flip it.” – David Perell
Anthony Pompliano • Writing for Leverage, Teenage Billionaires, The Problem with Mainstream Media, and More - David Perell on Off the Chain, Hosted By Anthony Pompliano • Podcast Notes
The genre we describe as horror today has its roots in the romance and Gothic genres of the eighteenth century, which in turn were influenced by the pre-Romantic movement known as the Graveyard Poets,