Write Horror: Good Enough to Wake the Dead

By: Christina Escamilla

Narrated by: Ryan Francona

Love horror?

Want to write it?

Write Horror: Good Enough to Wake the Dead is a writing guide like no other. Specialized to the genre, Write Horror includes examples from movies, literature, and film as well as practical examples.

Escamilla includes writing exercises, charts, and introduces two new writing methodologies: The Basement Method and the Horror Pinch Theory. Once you listen to this audiobook, you’ll be ready to scare the world.

Get started on your horror writing journey today!

©2019 Christina Escamilla (P)2019 Christina Escamilla

I am glad I bought this.

I am an amateur writer and have been wanting to try my hand at horror for a while. I enjoyed this narration and the information provided. The content contains some perspective, encouragement, details that are useful. Listening makes me feel like I can take my next step and start to learn how to plan and create a manuscript.

Voice is annoying!!

Great book but it was like listening to an action movie trailer voice the entire way through. At times the voice was so full of vocal fry and low, I could barely make out words clearly, relying instead on sentence context (especially if listening in the car). Rarely do I adamantly dislike a voice, even it isn’t my cup of tea among hundreds of audiobooks. But this was downright painful to get through. It may have been a cute thought in the beginning that this is a horror genre focused book to do a deep, dark voice, but that’s only good for a gimmick, not the entire way through for hours on end.

Short but contains some useful observations

It's not exhaustive but it taught me a couple things that I'll be able to use in my projects.

Insightful

Quite a bit of information, though I need to listen to it a few more times. Good rules of thumb and advice about pacing and what audiences expect of horror.

inspiring

The narrator drew me into the material. After I heard the sample I felt it wasn't like your ordinary book on how to write. I am going to re-listen to this audiobook for a long time.