Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-34596229-20180328131831/@comment-9041013-20180403102910

MonicaMishra0607 wrote: BloodySpghetti wrote: Honestly, I don't even know how to feel about this. Its cute, but it's like either this kid is the freaking devil and we, the readers, know that from the start (because you literally tell us) or the mom's nuts, or he is the devil and he makes her nuts and it still feels kind of not diabolical(?).

Something just seems off to me, perhaps I need to give it some time and another read or two to get connected to it. Overall, it's nice, but I just don't see the horror factor aside from the association with Satan.

What do you think about some descriptionary scenes of the mentioned accidents by the way? Appreciate your feedback. I agree it's not horror, but it's definitely creepy :) I'll see if I can make the accidents a bit gory. Yeah, it's more a psychological, thought provoking, thriller kind of thingy. And the accidents don't have to be gory, say you describe a fire... instead of going for a literal description of people burning alive, you could mention how the reporters at the scene could hear people screaming from in side the burning location etc. Sometimes less is more, but sometimes it feels like there's nothing at all. Not just with you, in general.

And, I'm glad I helped :)