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What is the key to writing good horror literature? Is it just the prose?

>> No.23281326

>>23281281
>What is the key to writing good [...] literature? Is it just the prose?
Yes.

>> No.23281334

>>23281326
/thread

>> No.23281342

Yeah. There is no idea that is so frightening that the mere thought will terrify people. Likewise, there is no idea so banal that you can't make it horrifying with the right words.

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>>23281281
Layout gimmicks, lots of footnotes, and at least a few nested narrative frames, one of which includes the actual plot.

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>>23281281
I do remember someone mentioned an article about bad architecture and their effects it emulate. if you can find it, you can interwoven into your story