Can You Write A Horror Story In Two Sentences?

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Neesy

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May 24, 2012
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The screams! The screams! :shock:

"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream" chanted the children as they ran to the ice cream truck.
"What would you little kids like today?" said Mr. Mercedes.

Okay - I am no writer (obviously!) but looking over what I wrote, I think
"the children chanted" sounds better than "chanted the children" - [too stilted]

Wow - how DOES Stephen King do it? practice, practice, practice?
 

Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I opened the refrigerator. There was no more beer.

No beer at my house, either, I want one. It's been a long couple of days.

Not exactly a horror story...

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