Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-26488452-20150612025810/@comment-26488452-20150907010955

Chestlyvee wrote: If done right, that might actually add a fantastic richness to the story. Just make sure it isn't merely tagged on to give it a "supernatural" - or psychological - edge that could easily just be scrapped off. Build these sequences directly into the story. Through them, allow us to percieve the mind of the main character, and get a sense of the anguish he's really going through.

Literature is unique from many other mediums in that it approximates human thought. This means that it can offer us rare insight into the mental experience of another human being. In the case of horror literature, you'd want that insight to be terrifying, to open our eyes to what can become of human consciousness, what limits we can be pushed to. And you want the reader to feel like they're there, and love it and hate it all at once - that is terror, and it can really open your mind as a reader and as a writer.

Good luck! I can't wait to read the finished story! :D Yoohoo... I'm back... with a little surprise for all of you... a preview of Chapter 1 of Shattered...

"Locked away in a cell, isolated from the outside world, feeling nothing but guilt and rage as if they were a mixed concaution. An innocent man I once was has been driven into insanity and sorrow for the hope of forgiveness will soon be granted upon me. A question has come to my mind, "Why does love have to be such a fragile emotion?" No matter who she was or if she still remembers who I once was, the final result has led to a shattered rose between us."

I hope to bring more news on this story later on this month, but I do hope you all enjoyed this little preview and I hope to hear from all of you soon.

With love from me and terror coming for you,

Samuel B. Foster