Horror Writing Prompts

Horror Writing Prompts

Horror Writing Picture Prompt
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When writing horror there are so many things to consider. What are your readers meant to be afraid of? do your readers care about your characters ? and what is truly scary?

Horror writing legend Stephen king has stated in the past that there is only three types of terror.

“The 3 types of terror: 
The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs, it's when the lights go out and something green and slimy splatters against your arm. 
The Horror: the unnatural, spiders the size of bears, the dead waking up and walking around, it's when the lights go out and something with claws grabs you by the arm. And the last and worse one: 
Terror, when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute. It's when the lights go out and you feel something behind you, you hear it, you feel its breath against your ear, but when you turn around, there's nothing there...”

When writing Horror remember what it is that scares you, what makes your heart pound a little quicker in the dark. What makes you hesitate.What sense's do you r

R.L Stien Said
“There’s no formula. I think you have to create a very close point of view. You have to be in the eyes of the narrator. Everything that happens, all the smells, all the sounds; then your reader starts to identify with that character and that’s what makes something really scary.”


Horror can be one of the most rewarding genres to write for, with so many twists and turns and emotional range to choose from it gives us writers immense range to draw from

Story starters for writing horror

Write a short horror story of at least 750 words inspired by one of the story starters below

“You don’t have to do this...”

Hitting the ground hard, he stared to crawl...

The ship horn sounded loud in the fog...

The cot was empty...

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The dress was perfect...

The door buckled...

Staring into the camera she smiled...

The rocks cut into her feet as she climbed...

My grandmother had always had the painting over her bed...

The gun clicked empty...

Coffin, I was in a coffin...

All he had to do was knock...

I never believed the story's about the old man...

My family has a secret...

The house remembered everything...

"I cant marry you"...

Funerals on sunny days were his favorite...

The book was the only thing left...

The camera never lied...

The radio blared to life...

Horror writing prompts...theme ideas

Write a short horror story or a dark poem inspired by one of the themes below


Delivery Boy

Caged Romance

Woven Nightmares

Sedated

Forgotten Lies

Deaths Kiss
                                                                                                   
Yesterday's Memory

Father's Soul

Broken Cross

Robotic Eyes

Half Sister

Nana's Recipe

Poisoned Lamb

Falling Petals

Dirt Poor

Neighbors Gift

Underneath

Nun's Habit

Spider's Eye

Radio Death

Horror picture prompts

Choose one of the horror picture prompts below and write a short horror story of at least 750 words

Horror Writing Picture Prompt
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Daily writing prompts for the third week of December

Writing prompts are a great way for writers of all experience levels to hone and practice their craft. By challenging the way we think or the writing ruts we may have allowed ourselves to fall in, we can open new path ways to wonderful and exciting journeys of the imagination.

The following daily writing prompts have been crafted from three types of creative exercises.
The first story starters are designed for you the writer to not only finish the sentence given but to continue the story until finished.

The second lot of prompts are the writing themes, designed with more freedom then the first, as they are more general in nature allowing for a more varied interpretation which can be used for either poetry or short stories.

The third and as I've said many times my personal favourite are the picture prompts.
Art is a great inspiration as the old saying goes "a picture is worth a thousand words" when using a picture prompt it is up to you the writer to find those words that tell the story of the artwork your using, often taking you far and beyond your own expectations ...

Try some of the daily writing prompts below I truly hope they help inspire your creative journey

Daily writing prompts for the 15th of December

Choose one of the following creative writing prompt

Daily story starter

Write a short story of at least 750 words using the following opening sentence....

The word guilty echoed in my head...

All I had to do was press down on the accelerator...

Writing theme

Write a poem or short story of a least 750 words inspired by one of the following theme

Song bird

Jailbait

Picture prompt

Write a poem inspired by the picture prompt below

Daily writing prompts for the second week on November

Daily writing prompts for the 8th of November

Choose one of the following creative writing prompt

Daily story starter

Write a short fantasy story of at least 750 words using the following opening sentence....

There was only one awake...

He was back...

Writing theme

Write a poem or short story of a least 750 words inspired by one of the following theme

Stained glass

Doorway

Picture prompt

Write a short fantasy story inspired by the picture prompt below

Daily writing prompts for the second week of July

Daily writing prompts for the 8th of July

Choose one of the following creative writing prompt

Daily story starter

Write a short story of at least 750 words using the following opening sentence....

"What part of no don't you understand?" Eyes wide and mouth hard she stared...

The police tape waved torn and broken in the wind...

Writing theme

Write a poem or short story of a least 750 words inspired by one of the following theme

Warriors test

Wanted

Picture prompt

Write a short story inspired by the picture prompt below

Horror writing prompts

Writing horror

what does is it mean to write horror? to many just the mere mention of the word horror brings up thoughts of the many slasher gore filled films that have populated popular culture since nightmare on elm street and hell raiser rose to cult status in the early 1980s. but horror has been around a lot longer than that, from the oral traditions of many ancient civilizations to the thrilling and sometimes fantastical fairy tales and myths that populate the many cultures across the world.

the dictionary defines horror as

an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear: to shrink back from a mutilated corpse in horror.

the same dictionary defines fear as

a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.


So by gaining an understanding of the above, the only requirement for horror is fear
leaving a vast range of situations for the horror writer to use from the mundane, supernatural to the fantastical. all designed to evoke the feelings of fear and dismay in the reader, which of course is the true life blood of horror no matter how lightly or heavily you weave it in...





the following writing prompts are designed for the horror genre, story starters writing themes and of course my favorite the picture prompts are all here in the hopes that something may spark your inner muse