I'm curious as to how you set up the horror in your writing.
There isn't much horror in the first part of my novel, but I'm playing with the emotions of my readers by making my characters experience some very uncomfortable situations. The second part is more a slow setup for the reader to scream "OMG! HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW THE EVIL GUY IS ABOUT TO KILL YOU!" and then a very gruesome climax/ending with a twist.
Does a horror novel need to be scary throughout the novel or can I focus purely on building up to the scary stuff?
Like compare it to playing chess. Arrange the pieces...then bam, checkmate. Or arrange the pieces...check...check...checkmate.
There isn't much horror in the first part of my novel, but I'm playing with the emotions of my readers by making my characters experience some very uncomfortable situations. The second part is more a slow setup for the reader to scream "OMG! HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW THE EVIL GUY IS ABOUT TO KILL YOU!" and then a very gruesome climax/ending with a twist.
Does a horror novel need to be scary throughout the novel or can I focus purely on building up to the scary stuff?
Like compare it to playing chess. Arrange the pieces...then bam, checkmate. Or arrange the pieces...check...check...checkmate.