How do you start a creepy Halloween story?

Answer 1

"The police said to stay inside and bolt the doors..."

"The sky was a dreary shade of grey and the air smelled like a storm was approaching..."

"The foster home, where I grew up, was across the isolated dirt road from a neglected cemetery..."

"Steven was just beginning to unpack for the weekend at his friend's lake cabin, when he heard a sound unlike anything he had heard before..."

"I didn't know what it was, but I had felt ill most of the morning, and as the day wore on, I began to feel weaker and weaker..."

"Riding my horse on the trails, deep in the colorful woods in the fall, had been a favorite activity since my teenage years, but I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong that first morning in late October. I could tell that my pinto, Cherokee, was on edge and spooked as each falling leaf whipped past us in the brisk winds that had suddenly come up...."

"It was just the typical Halloween costume party with everyone happy to be inside near the fireplace, since the air had turned quickly cold earlier in the day. Until, that is, Travis arrived wearing a very convincing costume of a ...."

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Answer 2

Any idea that is interesting enough to you will be a good idea. You cannot write a story or novel based on ideas that someone else invents - you won't be interested enough in the subject to be able to research and write anything that will actually sell.

If you want someone to tell you what to write, ask your English teacher for an extra assignment -- that's what you're doing here, you know. Plus, anonymous people on the internet have no idea how old you are, what your interests are, or how well you can write!

In order to write, you need a personal connection to the subject. Write about whatever you enjoy, or whatever you find interesting, and you will end up with your novel or story.

Answer 3

Spooky isn't what is happening in the story, spooky is what the characters think is happening or think will happen. The setting for spooky is a place where the characters are vulnerable to a certain extent and usually in a place they're not very familiar with. Scary is usually something happening suddenly or unexpectedly.

Create your characters, have the story move them someplace that is a little unusual and strange for them. Their conversation will tell what they think is happening or might happen and what they think they can do about it. Things in the background happen (noises or movement) that scare them. But they really get scared when something happens suddenly that they weren't expecting. The rest of the story is what they do about their situation.

Answer 4

To start a creepy Halloween story, set the scene with a eerie setting like a dark, abandoned house or a foggy graveyard. Introduce your main character encountering something unusual or unexplained to build suspense. Use sensory details and descriptive language to create a haunting atmosphere that draws readers in.