Remember this quote?
I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I’ll go for the gross-out. I’m not proud.
That was Stephen King, famously, in Danse Macabre. And [...]
Archive for November 19th, 2008
Writers As Terrorists [Horrorists]
Posted in Horror, Writing, tagged fear, fiction, Horror, horrorist, king, lovecraft, macabre, poe, spooky, terror on November 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Language Choice, Verisimilitude, and Readability, or Forward into the Past
Posted in Writing, tagged Writing on November 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On this 145th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address I think we should discuss the use of language. Most school children in the US are (or were) required to memorize Lincoln’s memorial words to dedicate the Union Cemetery at Gettysburg. “History will little note or remember” my arse. But when was the last time you’ve ever [...]
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