Jim Butcher had a packed audience when he was one of the speakers in the Writing the Supernatural panel. The well-known author had some pretty awesome advice. “Write the book that you’ve always wanted to read that nobody’s ever written,” he advised. To keep thoses stories believable, Butcher added to “write with one part fantasy and two parts reality. All three authors had some great advice for writing horror stories. They agreed that monsters cannot just sparkle and become vegans. According to Butcher, “ultimately monsters are outsiders; those who feel ostracized from society.” Author Sam Knight encouraged writers to “come up with a creature that’s different & unique and think of how things would be like.” Amity Green reminded authors to make the reader be in the moment with the character, and to “sustain the fear throughout the story.” All too true was the observation that the ‘Dresden Files’ author added was that in regards to human nature, “individuals can be smart, but as a group, people can be dense.”
August 14, 2016 nerdalertnewsblog
