Part 4 of On Writing Horror is titled “Horror Crafting”, and encompasses 7 articles on the craft. So many articles, and much of it is advice I’ve heard before, so I’m going to keep this as short as I can.

Such Horrible People, Tina Jens

Per Jens, “Horror is about how …

Part 3 of On Writing Horror is titled “Developing Horror Concepts”. It contains four articles dealing with conceiving and developing ideas for horror.

A World of Dark and Disturbing Ideas, J. N. Williamson

Williamson chooses to speak in terms of “useful premise” as opposed to …

Part 2 of On Writing Horror, titled “An Education in Horror”, briefly addresses a horror writer’s education in four articles.

What You Are Meant to Know: Twenty-One Horror Classics, Robert Weinberg

Weinberg’s message is pretty clear - know your genre. He suggests that, in …