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Title: Writing Horror by Mort Castle, Stanley Wiater ISBN: 0-89879-798-5 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: August, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Some thoughts opinions and a bit of fact take it as you will
Comment: I bought this book after Mort challenged me to write horror again, I had no idea when I bought it that he had edited it, I saw the title, thought I struck gold, and bought it right away.
The information inside has proved invaluable to me, if gives many different (sometimes opposing) viewpoints of many, many authors in the genre. I wholeheartedly recomend this book, not only for the up-and-coming horror writer, but also for the expert.
It is true that there are some portions of the book that seem to take up space, but it is nothing more than interviews from established writer's (like Stephen King) and the history of the HWA and horror itself. Although, most of these provide no writing advice, they let you know where horror has been, and how not to repeat it, so that you can sell your work to an editor, something that they, possibly, have never seen before.
If you still are not sure of whether or not you want this book after reading this review, or any of the others, log-off, get up and go to (...) whatever bookstore you go to, look for this book, and read through a few of the articles (not neccessarily in order, skip around if you want) and then decide for yourself. :)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Great Ones Speak
Comment: Writing Horror, edited by Mort Castle, is a collection of dozens upon dozens of essays written by the leading voices in horror. Editors, comic book writers, short story writers, novelists... Everyone is given a say in this book. And for any writer who wants to get a start in the genre, this book does offer a lot of very good and constructive advice.
The real great piece in this book is Jack Ketchum's essay on Splatter Lit and its hero, telling us how to create a realistic hero and how to make him sound/seem real. As a matter of fact, many of the essays in this book talk about realism; how to make your story sound real, how to make the tone and mood real, how to create realistic settings... Plot, techniques, the horror market, the independent press and agents are also discussed in great lengths.
Unfortunately, this book is downplayed a little as it includes too many retrospection on works by artists that didn't really work in the writing relm of horror. I'm thinking here of Owl Goingback's piece on classical horror films, which, although good, doesn't really offer any advice to the writer wannabe.
But those few essays aside, this book is a must for anyone who is interested or who wants to break into the horror relm. It's a great collection by the masters, including Ketchum, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Elizabeth Massie and many many more.
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential Basics
Comment: I highly recommend this one. If you really want to make a living writing this fiction in this frowned upon genre you can avoid a lot of worn cliches and come up with something unique and... Hmm, what's that other word? Oh, yeah, SCARY!
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Title: Dark Thoughts: On Writing: Advice and Commentary from Fifty Masters of Fear and Suspense by Stan Wiater, Stanley Wiater ISBN: 188742430X Publisher: Underwood Books Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Writing Horror by Edo Van Belkom ISBN: 1551802813 Publisher: Self Counsel Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction by J. N. Williamson ISBN: 0898794838 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: How to Write Horror Fiction (Writer's Digest Genre Writing Series) by William F. Nolan ISBN: 0898794420 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: February, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing) by Nancy Kress ISBN: 0898799058 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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