How Should I Start My Horror Story?

[minniemouse03]

Hi everyone! First off, happy pride month for everyone who is a part of the LGBTQ+ family, like myself! Also, its my birthday week! Yay! But, in all seriousness, I made this topic as you can see from the title, I’m stuck…yet again! This time, I’m writing a horror/thriller story and I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to start it and once I get that figured out, I’ll go from there.

Here’s what the story is about:
Title: Now You See Me
Genre: Horror/Thriller (somewhere in between)
Style: Limelight
Summary: After your best friend is murdered, you start having supernatural dreams of her and are placed in a mental institution. As the weeks go by, you start to see that all is not right.
Story Cover:

I’m writing the story from the MC’s point of view so every now and then, I’ll put narration in between parts of the story. So, what should I do?
Lots of love! Stay safe, and as the High School Musical song goes, “We’re all in this together!”

Happy Pride!

[HaAnh]

OK so I’m not a good horror writer (usually romance lol). But some of horror stories usually have a before scene of a random guy/girl getting attacked by the (scary person name here)

[MelanieyM]

maybe have like an ominous scene of her best friend getting killed. then the MC wakes up.

[Anna.Epp]

What if she’s in therapy and the therapist starts asking her questions that cause her to have traumatic flashbacks?

[minniemouse03]

Nice idea! That’s really reminding me of “Happy Death Day” which I still haven’t seen. lol!

[Sydney_H]

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