Ten horror movie tropes If you want to write horror, it’s important to know your tropes. This allows you to either utilize them or subvert them, playing with the audience’s expectations and making something that follows genre conventions but isn’t…
How to romanticize your life
How to romanticize your life I’m sure you’ve seen it all over Tiktok, Instagram, and Pinterest: the girlies are romanticizing their lives. But how, exactly, do you do that? Most of us don’t have the picture-perfect apartments or houses, money…
What is body horror?
What is body horror? For a long time I heard that term used and didn’t understand what, exactly, it described. Body horror, also known as biological horror, is a type–or subgenre–of horror that shows disturbing violations of the human body….
What makes a film a cult classic?
What makes a film a cult classic? You can probably name a few cult classic movies. Rocky Horror Picture Show, Planet 9 from Outer Space, and The Big Lebowski are just a few examples. But what makes a film a…
How to embrace Scorpio Season as a creative
How to embrace Scorpio Season as a creative Scorpios get a bad rap. I would know: I am not only a Scorpio sun, but I actually have SEVEN placements in this misunderstood sign\. I’ve heard all the stereotypes: Scorpios are…
Tips for writing horror
It’s spooky season, so I thought I’d share some of my top tips for writing horror. Horror is one of my favorite genres to work in, and with work, you can find effective ways to keep your audience on the…
Horror writing prompts
Horror writing prompts So you want to write something scary, but you don’t know where to start. Well, you’ve come to the right place. Check out these nine horror writing prompts to get you started! Parasocial. A fan wins a…
