I thought there was room to squeeze in another Halloween special before the magic and mischief begins:D and what better than an article on the hottest creepy sub-genre of recent times. Now largely undefined by location or tropes, ‘folk horror’ was originally used to describe a particular genre of British films spanning from the late…
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10 Halloween Creative Writing Exercises to Chill and Thrill.
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”– Dracula (1897) I think I could possibly be Halloween’s number one fan (no pun intended:D) and as the leaves change colour and the apples drop ready for a steaming, autumnal pie; it’s the time of year when the ancients believed the veil between…
5 Literary Genres You May Not Have Heard of
While we’re all familiar with standard literary genres; it’s also a great idea to educate ourselves on the subtleties that lie within them. We not only become aware of a whole new canon of literature, we’re further increasing our possibility of being inspired and maybe even creating a genre of our very own! So here…
What’s My (Writing) Style Again?
I think the master storyteller was right when he said: ‘If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot’—Stephen King King was referring here to the craft of writing; our use of language and the way in which each book we read…