Too Scary to Publish?
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@Jason-Crowley yes, love school of screams. Graham got away with a lot there. I have it in my classroom
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@Blitz55 yeah, a lot of stuff i loved as a kid was less than appropriate. Goonies, Stand By Me, spooky books...
There is stuff like that out there today, but there's so much more in the way now when you try to publish this stuff.
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@kylebeaudette in my opinion if you’re going for the older kids like middle grade or chapter books, I think you’ll be fine
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Consider for a moment that there was a time when “Scary Stories to tell in the dark” was always checked out from the library in grade school, and we couldn’t get enough of it.
There may be some adults who push back on this stuff, but kids absolutely love it- and the scarier the better.
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@Blitz55 While I definitely want to get into the 'picture books for adults' world, this one would be for kids
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@kylebeaudette
Well, as you know I'm a HUGE fan of your work. I think the only thing I have issue with are the word "kill" I just find it too strong. I think kids don't go that far in thought process when dealing with their fears. Even something more like " he moves...we grab him" (I'm not a writer:/) -
@kylebeaudette said in Too Scary to Publish?:
@Blitz55 yeah, a lot of stuff i loved as a kid was less than appropriate. Goonies, Stand By Me, spooky books...
There is stuff like that out there today, but there's so much more in the way now when you try to publish this stuff.
Stand Be Me is another good one.
I hope you can find a way to get this done and keep your vision.
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@kylebeaudette Great! What do the students think of it? Any nightmares reported
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More spookery.
K, thanks for the input everyone! I guess I'll try it and see what happens.
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@kylebeaudette remember we had RL Stine goosebumps books with scary stories that made a great hit. I think these work great as long as you aim it to the right age group.
Games like plants vs zombies have taken the scariness into a more common ground so your images look spooky like an interesting tale, not as something dangerous
