Board Thread:Writer's Showcase/@comment-28266772-20160513154707/@comment-28471470-20160516040913

I understand the mentality behind vagueness is scarier, but that isn't always the case if not rarely. Detail is scarier than no detail at all. You can have mystery, but vagueness in detail in the writing and vagueness in detail in the plot are two different things. It is scarier to know how the creature looks and acts than just not know at all. Of coarse we can use our imagination, but you have to lead that imagination through very specific details. That is VERY hard to pull off, I understand. It does take practice after all. I just wouldn't recommend writing a two-sentence horror story let alone a one-sentence one for your first time. Just practice and get better.