User blog comment:TDKMC1/Not like anyone's going to read this anyway/@comment-5927167-20131117202831

ImGonnaBeThatGuy, thanks for being "that guy" who looked at my posts. I know this blog entry is more than a little babyish, but I am honestly sick of asking and asking for help and not getting anything in return. With that said, thank you for your feedback on my pastas. I appreciate that I'm at least not making the more common mistakes here.

On to your criticism. I agree that the non-ritual ones feel too short and too "summarized," but I feel like nearly every pasta here starts with what I call "normal day in Bumfuckville." I mean that I don't want to start with absolute ho-hum normalcy as that feels as clichéd to me here as Lavender Town. So finding a way to slowly build up the horror is difficult for me. What kind of tactics would you suggest?

I'd like to stay away from too much gore (again, it feels overdone to me). I like better the styles of Poe and Lovecraft- subtle uneasy horror that makes the reader uncomfortable without forcing them to vomit. Thanks for helping me eliminate the "generic" element of my pasta.