Bright & Ambitious - Writing, Revising, Sharing Your Next Novel
Kailey Bright
18 episodes
1 week ago
Some scary movies use jump scares as a cheap trick to get a startle out of you, but if you’re writing a horror novel, you don’t get the same luxury. How do you make your writing actually scary, and why would you want to in the first place?
In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks with horror novelist Gaeli Love Weiss (Stagnant Water) about the role scary stories have played in her life, how she’s developed terrifying monsters, and how they can be used to explore terrors scarier than fiction.
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Some scary movies use jump scares as a cheap trick to get a startle out of you, but if you’re writing a horror novel, you don’t get the same luxury. How do you make your writing actually scary, and why would you want to in the first place?
In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks with horror novelist Gaeli Love Weiss (Stagnant Water) about the role scary stories have played in her life, how she’s developed terrifying monsters, and how they can be used to explore terrors scarier than fiction.
Why Sensitivity Readers Are So Important - Bright & Ambitious Episode 9
Bright & Ambitious - Writing, Revising, Sharing Your Next Novel
1 month ago
Why Sensitivity Readers Are So Important - Bright & Ambitious Episode 9
We’ve all heard the advice “write what you know,” but what happens when you want to tell a story about a character with different life experience than your own? How do you make a diverse story, and how can you make sure you do so well?
In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks with indie author and editor Whitney McGruder (The Throwaway Queen, The Destiney Seeker duology) about how to develop diverse stories, why diversity matters, and how sensitivity readers can be essential to the success of your story.
Bright & Ambitious - Writing, Revising, Sharing Your Next Novel
Some scary movies use jump scares as a cheap trick to get a startle out of you, but if you’re writing a horror novel, you don’t get the same luxury. How do you make your writing actually scary, and why would you want to in the first place?
In this episode of Bright & Ambitious, Kailey Bright talks with horror novelist Gaeli Love Weiss (Stagnant Water) about the role scary stories have played in her life, how she’s developed terrifying monsters, and how they can be used to explore terrors scarier than fiction.
