writing a ghost story help??

Question

this ghost story is for my eng. class. we have to make upa ghost story or a story where somethign supernatural happens in it. i'm not sure what i want to write about yet, but it has to be something supernatural... i want it to b really REALLY good. and unique something others in my eng class, maybe vampire-ish or something like that. something that will have them thinking too the end, something that will intrigue them and want me to keep on telling the story. and yea... this is kinda due tomorrow so i would love a LOT of help and soon please and THANKYOU!!!

Answer 1

Learn how to create suspense and fear.

The key to creating suspense and fear is learning how to keep your readers curious and concerned.

Think about the multiple stories where an evil villain kills one of his henchman to show how evil he truly is. Did you end up caring about the henchman? Certainly not, because you had no concern for him.

In your story, you must first make us concerned with your characters before you create true fear. You create concern by making the reader empathetic with the character, and this doesn't change for whatever genre you're writing. Once the reader identifies with your character's goals and desires and steps into the characters' shoes, then you'll be able to create fear when you place your character at stake.

There are many types of fear, so if you want to get into the true psychology of fear (albeit a snapshot) then read the entry on fear in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear

The next part is maintain the reader's curiosity (suspense). I wrote a tutorial on 'how to hold your readers' interests' which goes through many examples of how to maintain curiosity:
http://www.storyentertainment.com/article.asp?id=2519

Suspense can take a mediocre story and make it great (e.g., The Da Vinci Code). In my tutorial, I showed how The Da Vinci Code maintains the reader's suspense.

Here are some of the points that I go over in the tutorial:
-- How to create scene cliff-hangers
-- Rearranging the chronology
-- Hide information
-- Hide background
-- Misdirection (red herrings)

Also, I highly suggest that once you identify some of these characteristics of suspense-building, that you read or watch movies to see how it is done. Then you will be able to craft your own clever scenes with suspense and fear.

Good luck!

Answer 2

My great grandmother was a Cherokee. She had a dog that she had from the time it was born and love it very much. The dog was killed in a hunting accident. My grandmother was very upset. She took the dog to a Medicine Man in her village and left him there. The next day she returned to bury her dog and found him alive and well. When she died she left the dog to my grandmother and when she died she left the dog to my mother who still has it today and will probably leave it to me. The dog is still young and healthy today. We do not know what that Medicine Man did but the dog is now over 130 years old. No one can explain it.

Answer 3

murder mystery where when the people enter the house, it is their shadows that come to life and kill them.
No evidence, everyone dies, and it is about your own personal shadow.
End it the way you want.
Quick easy, and mysterious.
Good Luck, let me know how it turns out, I am saving you to my watch list. It was my own personal idea, and I got an A on the assignment. People see it as creative, and personal since everyone has a shadow. Hope you are a good writer, don't ruin my creation please.

Answer 4

I got an A+ on mine & i really dont wanna give this one away but i'll give u some adjectives that will help u.

chilling
ghastly
foggy,chilly
chills up my spine
freeky, creaky
panting shaking
horrifying

and i wrote about going walking into a vacant haunted house and its like freeky. he starts hearing weird ghost noises "o0o0o0o" and lights starts switching on and off. freeeking out.



okay. gluck,. hope i helped! <3

Answer 5

When the teacher see's you're not prepared-That's scary! The end.

Answer 6

HMMM THATS A HARD ONE U KNOW WHAT DO IT ABOUT A CHRISTMAS DAY AND SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS
KK I KNOW IT NOT THAT GOOD BUT NO ONE REALLY ACUALLY WROTE SOMETHING SCARY ABOUT CHRISTMAS
SO THATS MY IDEA :]