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incandescent-creativity:

whatsanwritepocalae:

writingisfancylying:

How do you write creepy stories

  • Over describe things
  • Under describe things
  • Fingers, teeth, and eyes
  • Short sentences in rapid succession build tension
  • Single sentence paragraphs build dread
  • Uncanny valley=things that aren’t normal almost getting it right
  • Third person limited view
  • Limited explanations
  • Rot, mold, damage, age, static, flickering, especially in places it shouldn’t be
  • Limited sights for your mc -blindness, darkness, fog, refuse
  • Real consequences
  • Being alone -the more people there are, the less scary it is
  • Intimate knowledge, but only on one side

I don’t know I just write scary things but I don’t know what I’m doing.

Rule of Thumb: your reader’s imagination will scare them more than anything you could ever write. You don’t have to offer a perfectly concrete explanation for everything at the end. In fact, doing so may detract from your story.

w0wls:

onion-souls:

noblewing:

onion-souls:

No but seriously, as fun as Toddposting is, we really need to drag Pete Hines

You guys gonna drag their janitor too? Might as well, you’ve been dragging everyone else even remotely associated with Bethesda.

He’s Bethesda’s Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications

The janitor just does the skyrim broom animation on loop

diva-gonzo:

call-me-ratqueen:

tasha-vick:

mandywondering:

As a feminist, seeing Cate Blanchett in this sort of outfit in her late 40s brings me joy, because most movies would take her age as automatically excluding her from anything even slightly sexy.

As a gay, seeing Cate Blanchett in this outfit renders me incapable of thought and speech.

Hela Gay

@hillnerd just ‘cause I know you have hearteyes for Cate.

And yes, I’m in agreement. A woman in her late 40s getting this kind of outfit – and while pretty objectifying… it’s also hella.