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4237799 No.4237799[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

How do I begin writing short horror stories?

>> No.4237802

Not by asking here.

>> No.4237807

first step would be to put pen to paper

>> No.4237809

Step 1: Get drunk.
Step 2: Party.
Step 3: Edit sober.

>> No.4237816

Step 1: Get drunk
Step 2: Stay drunk
Step 3: Who gives a shit about any other steps, you're drunk as fuck

>> No.4237823

Notes on Writing Weird Fiction by Lovecraft
>http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/nwwf.aspx

>> No.4237907

>>4237823

>by Lovecraft

Yeah, he should know about that. Two hundred pages about archeological mumbo jumbo plus a spooky cube of jell-o sure makes for some compelling weird fiction.

>> No.4237932

>>4237823
Lovecraft had no idea about writing at all.

>> No.4237963

Experience horrible things.
Exaggerate and obscure them.

Drugs optional.