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| Word count: 755 I am still fighting my way through the Blogging parts of this contest. It is definitely not one of my favorite things to do. The time around we are given five pictures to choose from, in Dark, Ghost, Gothic, Horror/Scary, Paranormal, and Thiller/Suspense categories. Although I have delved into the paranormal and thriller/suspense areas in my writing, they come second in any story I may write. I try and stay more on the light, with a smidgeon of edgy, areas when I tell a story. The only time I dive deep into the ones listed above is when it is for a contest I am entering, or when I have been drafted to help with judging. There are too many not-so-nice things happening in the world at the moment to spend time thinking about the processes in play in order to write about them. The Paranormal and even Ghost categories allow you to walk away and even wall up the real world. Although many of the categories we are working with in this section can be easily combined I am going to attempt to separate them. Mind you I will most likely miss the mark. In the Dark category, the stories have a semblance of nightmares. The symbolism of darkness, showing negativity, connotating death, evil the unknown, is intertwined with lightness giving positivity to the story and allowing hope, life, and goodness to bleed through. You are going into an area where everything around you is trying to pull you to somewhere you know you don’t want to go. Nothing turns out to be what it seems. The feeling of dread is prevalent. I think the old television show, The Twilight Zone, would fall in this category. The Ghost category is one of the easier ones to explain. There is some sort of apparition that shows itself in some way to a human. The ghost may be fully formed and visible or it may be a force with the ability to talk to or move objects in the real world. The Ghost does not always need to have danger in mind but maybe there just to give information or add protection. My favorite ghost story is The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, where a sea Captain ghost and a lady fall hopelessly in love in an old lighthouse. Now let’s delve into Gothic. The Gothic style comes from the people who lived in East Germanic lands in the 4th through the 6th centuries AD. Western Europe bought into the style in the 12th through the 16the centuries, with buildings characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery. According to the online dictionary: “Gothic literature can be defined as writing that employs dark and picturesque scenery, startling and melodramatic narrative devices, and an overall atmosphere of exoticism, mystery, fear, and dread.” Horror/Scary is self-explanatory. Things are going to happen to nice unexpecting people which will fall outside belief. The happenings will be unbelievable even as they are happening and most of the build-up ramps you toward greater fear. Paranormal stories give many examples of unusual experiences which have no scientific explanations. It’s a free-for-all and can include clairvoyance, supernatural creatures, UFOs, ESP, and telepathy. Psychics can go completely off the charts. I tend to write a lot of shifter stories, where animals can take on human characteristics. Paranormal can be interwoven in many different genres. The last in this section’s list of genres to be covered is Thiller/Suspense. This area can start with an everyday simple story. Over a time period, which can be minutes to years, in the story, the adventures of our main characters can go sideways really quickly. Clues, so subtle and hidden, some in print as neon signs, are given to the reader. The reader needs to keep track of the clues and come to a conclusion on what is happening, with any luck before the end of the story. One of my favorite things in this category is giving clues which are red herrings. The reader thinks it is a definite clue, but the information has nothing to do with the ending. Smoking gun clues are also good. An example would be, a half-filled glass mentioned, or the material of curtains mentioned, two seemingly filler information, but they turn out to be an integral part of the story and the ending. I hope some of this information has helped you understand the genre you should be adding to your descriptions. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
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This is a lovely share with some wise advice at the end. And it fits the prompt well! Thanks for sharing your experience.
