What Makes a Good Scary Story

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  • Makes people shiver
  • Setting of suspense, abandoned street, howling noise, abandoned house
  • Sound realistic, believable makes more scary
  • Get inside your head, darkness, things that pop out and scare you
  • Hype up a real event
  • Can't be everyday normal events like cabinet opening and something falling out
  • Believable
  • Plays upon childhood fears
  • Someone feels isolated
  • Leaves parts to the imagination
  • Maybe bloody
  • Could be real, have some explanation
  • Suspense leading to scary event
  • Shocking event, maybe back from the dead
  • It might happen to you
  • Dark setting
  • Real events, some comic relief
  • A history makes it more believable
  • The ending isn't resolved
  • The reader may know something that the main character doesn't
  • Plays upon bad dreams
  • Feels like you are in the situation
  • Twist good things and make them evil
  • A tradition or history or ghost story
  • Setting reminds you of your house
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