The Trains: transporting readers with sensory details By Autumn the Writer|2023-09-30T15:10:49-04:00September 16, 2023|Categories: Writing Craft|Tags: horror short stories., Robert Aickman, sensory details, The Trains, writing horror, writing wokshop| Read More 0
The Yellow Wallpaper: on becoming one with the story By Autumn the Writer|2023-09-30T15:12:25-04:00September 7, 2023|Categories: Writing Craft|Tags: "The Yellow Wallpaper", character struggles, empathy, first-person perspective, intimacy, isolation, mental illness, narrative transformation, psychological unraveling, reader engagement, real-world challenges, shared experience, societal norms, Storytelling, writing craft| Read More 0
Dark Roots Writing Adventure #3: Seeing the world with new eyes By Autumn the Writer|2023-08-07T09:50:02-04:00June 29, 2023|Categories: Writing Craft|Tags: Carteret County, Creativity, Dark Roots Writing Adventure, exploring, imagination, immersion, inspiration, local community, perspective, settings, stories| Read More 4
The gift of one hundred eyes: perspective in storytelling By Autumn the Writer|2023-06-29T14:51:54-04:00June 22, 2023|Categories: Writing Craft|Tags: fiction writing, first-person point of view, imagination, inspiration, Metamorphoses, mythology, Ovid, perspective, Queen Hag, third-person point of view, writing| Read More 4
Dark Roots Writing Adventure #2: Headhunting horror in your local business community By Autumn the Writer|2023-08-07T09:49:20-04:00June 1, 2023|Categories: Writing Craft|Tags: Carteret County, Creativity, Dark Roots Writing Adventure, exploring, imagination, immersion, inspiration, local businesses, local community, neighborhood library, sensory details, settings, stories, supporting local, workplace horror, workplaces, worksite inspiration| Read More 3
Toil and trouble: how Fritz Leiber conjures workplace horror By Autumn the Writer|2023-08-07T09:50:34-04:00May 25, 2023|Categories: Writing Craft|Tags: Art, Fritz Leiber, horror, literature, power dynamics, work, workplace horror| Read More 4
CCC Workshop: Thinking like a writer By Autumn the Writer|2023-08-07T09:50:43-04:00May 15, 2023|Categories: Writing Craft|Tags: authorial style, Carteret Community College, Carteret Writers, Creativity, imagination, inspiration, schedules, self-reflection, titles, writing, writing activity, writing process, writing workshop| Read More 0
From creative slump to Southern folk horror: the writing assignment that revived me By Autumn the Writer|2023-08-07T09:51:27-04:00April 13, 2023|Categories: Writing Craft|Tags: community, creative slump, creative spark., foundation, inspiration, mystery writing class, Queen Hag, scene, Southern folk horror, supportive writing, Tom Kies, writing workshops| Read More 0
Dark Roots Writing Adventure #1: Exploring dark settings in your own neighborhood By Autumn the Writer|2023-09-19T08:44:07-04:00March 30, 2023|Categories: Writing Craft|Tags: atmosphere, dark roots, Dark Roots Writing Adventure, emotional setting, horror story, immersive setting, mythology, sensory details, setting as character, setting creation, setting swap, writing adventure| Read More 0
Haunted castles and sentient planets: crafting effective settings for horror stories By Autumn the Writer|2023-09-08T16:40:45-04:00March 16, 2023|Categories: Writing Craft|Tags: animism, atmospheric horror, characters, dread, emotions, foreboding imagery, Gothic castles, Haunted Castles, horror novels, horror settings, horror stories, horror writing, Lovecraftian lore, mythology, Ray Russell, sensory details, setting, Solaris, Stanislaw Lem, supernatural occurrences, tension, terror, unease, world-building| Read More 0
