
Writing For The Long-Term With Tess Gerritsen
The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers
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How Do You Write Horror Scenes?
Yen: I grew up on a steady diet of horror. My mother dragged me to every horror film that was made by holly won. So that's probably been part of the inspiration for me. When i'm writing, i m writing these horrifying scenes, it doesn't scare me so much. It's the same reason you can't tickle yourself. You're in control. And i feel that way about writing. I can be writ a horrifying scene, but i'm in control, and i know when i'm going to pull out the knife. YEN: i'm pretty good about keeping the dark side away from my real life. I's, it's just all
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