66. 4 Tips for Writing Cosmic Horror

<p><strong>Writing Cosmic Horror</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style= "font-weight: 400;">====================================================================</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's episode, we're talking about cosmic horror. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What is it? </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is a sub genre of horror fiction that really emphasizes the unknown or the unknowable.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's the cosmic horror of elements outside of us, outside of our humanity.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It makes us question our humanity, existential dread the fragility of our own humanity. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's essentially like we're facing a monster.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">That's pretty much incomprehensible.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cosmic horror is also known as Lovecraftian horror. So if you're familiar with HP Lovecraft, his type of writing is the cosmic horror type of writing. </span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>Can I write good cosmic horror? </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember that it doesn't have to be, quote/unquote good. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It has to be entertaining. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don't pressure yourself with a thought of it needing to be good.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's taking a step back and trying to describe something that's not describable. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So keep that in mind.</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recently we had “Bird Box” with Sandra Bullock. That was a really good example of cosmic horror. And why is that? Because we never actually see what this thing is.</span></p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">4 Tips for Writ