Local Ladies of Horror - A Panel Discussion - Show #593 (12/2/19)
Write The Book: Conversations on Craft
English - December 10, 2019 17:18 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBooks Arts comedy movies culture health politics interview Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The TW Wood Gallery was the venue for a recent panel discussion with three former Write the Book guests about their work writing horror, mystery, and suspense. Miciah Bay Gault, Jennifer McMahon, and Susan Z. Ritz shared their thoughts about the craft of scary stories, and I had the honor of moderating their discussion.
This week’s Write the Book Prompt is to consider a fear, an incident, and a mode of resolution. I’m going to offer ten of each of these for you to match up and work with as you like. (You'll see that incidents might also be resolutions in a few cases...) See what comes - maybe something scary! Good luck with your work in the coming week and please tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
FEAR
INCIDENT
RESOLUTION
Animals or insects
Aggression
Chemical Resolution
Darkness
Conversation
Conversation/Emotional Confrontation
Fire
Entrapment
Hiding
Ghosts
Legal Action
Noise
Illness
Prolonged Strife or Conflict
Running Away
Madness
Solitude
Scientific Innovation
A Category of People: Men or Women or Children
Surprise
Silence
Responsibility
Temptation
Surrender
Thieves
Threat
Trickery
Weather
Trickery
Violence
Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro