"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear … of the unknown.”

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"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear … of the unknown.”

The Psychology Of HorrorThe Rules Of HorrorSelf Guided Tour Of Horror

The Fascination Explores horrors we do not understand. Echoes the innate violence of our species. Morbid curiosity.Evil affirms the existence of good. More Detail

The Impact Provoke terror.Build on fear of the unknown.Entertaining guessing game.

Structural Features Orientation – brief, engaging, introduce the character(s) & their situation, a glimpse of the secret horror to come. Complication – isolate the character(s) with the horror. Rising Tension – escalating events which threaten the character(s), forcing them to investigate and eventually confront the horror.

Structural Features Climax – character(s) seems about to be overpowered by the horror… Resolution - something enables the character(s) to triumph. As they find peace / resume their normal lives there is a hint the victory is temporary. Characters and settings must be realistic. The horror has to be made believable, especially if supernatural.

Conventional Features Horror can be either supernatural or non- supernatural. The reader should be able to relate to the narrative. There should be something unexpected on its way. Readers of horror fiction expect the writer to have researched thoroughly.

Linguistic Features Believable, accentuating the horror.Fast paced.Write normally.

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