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30+ Horror Tropes for Your Next Spooky Story
Tropes are like seasonings. You add them to your story to give them flavor. Certain genres have a particular flavor—a set of tropes that are predominant (if not exclusive) to that type of story. For romance, you have the meet-cute, just one bed, or the third-act breakup. For fantasy you have the Chosen One, magic forests, and training montages. And for horror… well you have this blog post.
Monstrous Origins
Happy Halloween! Everyone’s favorite time of year! Creepy crawlies and ghastly ghoulies abound! Today we thought it’d be fun to explore the origins and various legends surrounding some of our favorite classic monsters.
How long should your novel be?
You’re ready to write a novel, but now that you’re staring at a blank page, you face a new question: how long is a novel, anyway? You’ve read books, so you know what a normal book length is, but how do you make sure that what you’re writing is an acceptable (publishable) length?
The answer is to use word count.