The HORROR Formula

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The HORROR Formula
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Style Style in literature is the literary element
that describes the ways that the author uses
words the author's word choice, sentence
structure, figurative language, and sentence
arrangement all work together to establish mood,
images, and meaning in the text. Style
describes how the author describes events,
objects, and ideas.
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Body Horror is horror fiction in which the horror
is principally derived from the graphic
destruction or degeneration of the body. Such
works may deal with disease, decay, parasitism,
mutilation, or mutation. Other types of body
horror include unnatural movements, or the
anatomically incorrect placement of limbs to
create 'monsters' out of human body parts. Ex.
The Fly, Frankenstein
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Comedy Emphasis is on the humorous takes of the
event. With over the top expression in this
manner.
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Faux Documentary Where fictional events are
presented in documentary style to create a
parody. Ex. The Blair Witch Project
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Mystery Mystery is a genre of fiction in which a
detective, either an amateur or a professional,
solves a crime or a series of crimes. Detective
stories rely on logic. Ex. Steven King
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Psychological The scientific study of mental
functions and behaviours. This style taps into
the mind.
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Suspense Is a combination of anticipation and the
uncertainty dealing with the chance of the
future. Ex. Alfred Hitchcock, Poe
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Visually Unique Über visual writing. Ex. Poe
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• Modes of Writing
• the variety, conventions, and purposes of the
  major kinds of writing.
• Expository writing is a type of writing where the
  purpose is to explain, inform, or even describe.
• Persuasive writing is to prove the validity of an
  idea, or point of view, by presenting sound
  reasoning, discussion, and argument that
  thoroughly convince the reader.
• Descriptive is to re-create, invent, or visually
  present a person, place, event, or action so that
  the reader can picture that which is being
  described.
• Narration is to tell a story or narrate an event
  or series of events.

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Conflict The struggle between the protagonist and
the antagonist. Self vs. Nature Self vs.
Self Self vs. Society Self vs. Character Self
vs. Fate
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Character Who, and what unique traits do they
bring to my story.