I’ve been thinking about horror stories, about what elements are common to the genre. I had intended to do this all in one post, but it has grown quite long so I’ve divided the material into several parts. Today I’m going over how the protagonist in a horror story is different from, say, a protagonist in an action-adventure. In future posts I will write about the antagonist/monster, the setting, the stakes, and so on. Finally, I will discuss a general structure that many horror stories follow.
As always, I welcome your feedback.
The Structure of Horror Stories: the Protagonist
One reason it took longer for me to write this post than I had anticipated was that, although I realized the structure of a horror story is a bit different from the general pattern of the hero’s journey, at first I couldn’t put my finger on where exactly the difference lay.
Then I figured it out. In other kinds of stories ….
(To continue reading, please head over to my post on Blogger, here: The Structure of Horror Stories: The Protagonist.)
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