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Writing Horror (Self-Counsel Writing) | 
 enlarge | Author: Edo Van Belkom
Publisher: Self-Counsel Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 865391
Media: Paperback
Pages: 232
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 1551802813
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
UPC: 069635802816
EAN: 9781551802817
ASIN: 1551802813
Publication Date: January 2000
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Product Description
Takes you through the process of creating horror, including the art of suspending reader disbelief, the creation of atmosphere and believable characters, and the seven steps of plotting.
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Good Start February 2, 2009
A. S. Gabbitas (Utah, USA)
This book was a quick read and had a lot of basic information on writing and some very clear explanations of the genre. It's a very good starters book for those that are interested in writing horror. I found this to be a pleasant read.
 Great Information on Horror Writing July 11, 2006
Frequent Buyer
This is an excellent book if you are interested in writing horror. It takes you though each aspect of the genre step by step. The exercises in the book are useful too. I recommend this book to anyone interested in writing horror.
Great book for the novice November 25, 2003
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I'm glad I purchased this book. It's basically a "beginners" book for anyone considering writing horror fiction. I've taken writing classes, but none that specifically focus on the horror genre. I want to write horror short-stories, and that's the main focus of the book. Belkom gives great advice and examples of the various ways to start a story, how to decide if your tale is best suited to short story, novel, etc... He also talks about dialogue, and many other things the novice horror writer should be concerned with - format, story ideas, and characterization just to name a few. I think it could've gone a little more in-depth on most of the topics, but that's my only complaint.
 an okay book for beginners July 24, 2003
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
simplistic and to the point. not necessarily a bad thing in a book about writing, but Writing Horror seemed specifically geared towards people who are *considering* writing horror, rather than those who are actually doing it.
also, the book itself is pretty cheaply made. i dropped it (at a distance of about 2 feet) and the binding split.
Somehow lacking... July 11, 2003
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
I'm not sure what others saw in this book. My writer friend and I both found it very unhelpful. Van Belkom seems to have a rather staunch and simplistic view of everything he discussed in this book. For example, he considers the use of the first-person point-of-view pretentious sounding, as if to say "look at me, I'm literary." What a baffling (and not to mention entirely unuseful) opinion.What also bothered me was that despite the large dimensions of the book, the margins are huge, and there just isn't as much material as I'd hoped for--especially not in the area of the craft itself (as opposed to the marketing aspects). I see that this book was appreciated by many other readers, so I'm not going to advise against buying it altogether. Just beware that if you're looking for in-depth analysis about the actual craft of horror writing, this may not satisfy.
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