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Editing and Publishing

Editing and Publishing. Horror / Suspense. 1. Read through what you have written. Does it make sense? Is it scary to you as a reader?. 2. Improve it by asking yourself whether it has:. Empty words. Varied sentence length (short for impact and long for suspense).

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Editing and Publishing

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  1. Editing and Publishing Horror / Suspense

  2. 1. Read through what you have written. • Does it make sense? • Is it scary to you as a reader?

  3. 2. Improve it by asking yourself whether it has: • Empty words. • Varied sentence length (short for impact and long for suspense). • ‘Premiership’ adjectives and adverbs.

  4. Stylistic devices such as: • Onomatopoeia, • Similes and metaphors, • Personification, • Alliteration.

  5. 3. Check its accuracy • Use spell-check on the computer. • Make sure punctuation is used correctly. • Use your punctuation pyramids!

  6. 4. Make sure your paragraphs aren’t too long By making sure you start a new paragraph for each change in….

  7. Time e.g. “Later that day…” • Place e.g. “When we reached the…” • Action e.g. “I squeezed through the window of the…”

  8. 5. Effective presentation • Select an appropriate font/border. • If possible, include sound effects.

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