tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post261519984968892223..comments2023-10-05T05:42:39.584-04:00Comments on Notes from the Jovian frontier: Problematic horrorsblankenship.louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05541461775158369620noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post-7438158449252243922014-07-09T03:20:12.850-04:002014-07-09T03:20:12.850-04:00An excellent post. Like you, I find a lot of horro...An excellent post. Like you, I find a lot of horror formulaic and by the numbers. Actually, there's a lot of that in any genre. What excites me is the why. It's all about character and the reasons. Ellie Garratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731071128348213067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post-5493148695619866912014-07-08T16:51:52.425-04:002014-07-08T16:51:52.425-04:00I like creepy but not bloody. I don't know if ...I like creepy but not bloody. I don't know if I could ever write a horror story, but then again, if the right inspiration were to hit...Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post-10829764204185644432014-07-08T15:17:54.220-04:002014-07-08T15:17:54.220-04:00I agree, everything does happen to real people. An...I agree, everything does happen to real people. And our characters are real people, aren't they? <br /><br />I suspect that if you made a Venn diagram of all the genres, there would be very little space where there weren't at least two overlapping...blankenship.louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05541461775158369620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524216043125745761.post-34374739013241095722014-07-08T09:31:22.491-04:002014-07-08T09:31:22.491-04:00Most-excellent post, very thoughtful stuff and I a...Most-excellent post, very thoughtful stuff and I agree completely about innocence as stereotyped in movies.<br />In epic fantasy, I often say we veer into all the major genres soon or late- horror, romance, thriller, mystery, it's a world out there, after all, with people in it. And eventually everything happens to real people.<br />I didn't see it coming, but the elements of horror in my current release build primarily on a sense of isolation. And I think- I hope!- they also contain that element of "why" you allude to, instead of random chainsaws and falling shards of glass. One scene in particular comes to mind in what will be Book 4 next year. Poor Cedrith, such a gentle, erudite Sage, and gets himself dragged along on the worst adventure in recent history... fun! For the reader I mean.Wm. L. Hahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918981970218130294noreply@blogger.com