If you were writing a short ghost story, I would say start very quietly and go, 'One, two, three jump.' Or start with a jump and make it jumpier. But with a long story, it must have rises and falls.
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I've wanted to write a ghost story for years, and my main aim was to write the most frightening ghost story that I could think of.
I loved all ghost stories. So I guess it was only a matter of time before I wrote one.
I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see.
If you don't do the suspense correctly, then your jump scares are not going to work.
I have always been a pretty big fan of ghost stories.
There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.
The fiction writer in me likes gaps in stories because I can jump into that gap and try to suggest something.
The short story is a very natural mode of storytelling; most stories can be told quickly. I always think of them as like a tightrope walk - every sentence is a step along the rope, and you can so easily misplace your step and break your neck.
Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.
In fiction, the reader will make jumps with you. If you can make the reader make that leap with you, it's a thrilling moment for everyone.
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