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Horror Tension Mastery: The terror box method

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Be The Bite Interactive is a multimedia studio, specializing in horror narrative  🕷️ 📓 My name is Izaak & I mentor industry revolutionizing horror fiction in every medium, resolving narrative issues thoroughly.   This blog is for motivation, full of evidence based methods for mastering scary storytelling.   If you want to become instantly effective in horror, my   1-1 narrative consulting is available now, sign up for it here:   Be The Bite Interactive's 1-1 Narrative Mentoring – Fill out form   The feeling of walking into a room and the kettle has just boiled...but no one is there. The feeling that beyond the edges of the reality, there is something shadowy going on behind-the-scenes. The more the audience imagines the mysterious terror, the more engaged they are. Tension relies on the fear of the unknown, leaving the audience to let their imagination run wild as to what might happen next. The better a story can prolong the tension, the scarier the ...

Making 'Quoteable' Dialogue in Horror is effortless!

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Be The Bite Interactive is a multimedia studio, specializing in horror narrative  🕷️ 📓 My name is Izaak & I mentor industry revolutionizing horror fiction in every medium, resolving narrative issues thoroughly.   This blog is for motivation, full of evidence based methods for mastering scary storytelling.   If you want to become instantly effective in horror, my   1-1  narrative consulting  is available now. I'm currently offering 75% off till July 18th, just sign up for it here:   Be The Bite Interactive's 1-1 Narrative Mentoring – Fill out form   I'm running a series of exclusive discounts and freebies right now! I'm consulting for FREE till July 18th if you're horror story features: environmental issues . (nature, global warming, local ecology etc...) Then there's the 75% off my full consultation to take advantage of, it's tailored to your project needs so the savings are massive.    Let's talk making memorable dialogue. It see...

Memorable horror: Journey into darkness

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Be The Bite Interactive is a multimedia studio, specializing in horror narrative  🕷️ 📓 My name is Izaak & I mentor industry revolutionizing horror fiction in every medium, resolving narrative issues thoroughly.   This blog is for motivation, full of evidence based methods for mastering scary storytelling.   If you want to become instantly effective in horror, my   1-1  narrative consulting   is available now. Just sign up for it here:   Be The Bite Interactive's 1-1 Narrative Mentoring – Fill out form   It's time to revolutionize horror, by starting at the foundation of storytelling. Mythic structure's get used across modern movies, seen across ancient cultures and talked about a lot. So, you might have heard a reference to the hero's journey- which is a guideline for the through-line of your main characters. I'm going to delve deep into mythic structure to identify why horror requires it, so you understand the principles behind it.  B...

Fear: 10x the scariness of any story

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Be The Bite Interactive is a multimedia studio, specializing in horror narrative  🕷️ 📓 My name is Izaak & I mentor industry revolutionizing horror fiction in every medium, resolving narrative issues thoroughly.   This blog is for motivation, full of evidence based methods for mastering scary storytelling.   If you want to become instantly effective in horror, my   1-1  narrative consulting   is available now, sign up for it here:   Be The Bite Interactive's 1-1 Narrative Mentoring – Fill out form   FEAR!  Fear enables you to grow, it's there either to hold you back or to be embraced and become resilient to it's grip. Fear is the major starting point to making great horror, so let me take you through THE easiest method to implement it into your projects. Taking an inventory of fear going to help you make something scarier, it's the fuel to make scares feel personal and therefore relatable.   Fear defined Take a look at the cur...

Moving beyond tropes to master scary storytelling🎩🦇

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Be The Bite Interactive is a multimedia studio, specializing in horror narrative  🕷️ 📓 I'm Izaak & I mentor industry revolutionizing horror fiction in every medium, resolving narrative issues thoroughly.   This blog is for motivation, full of evidence based methods for mastering scary storytelling.   If you want to become instantly effective in horror, my   1-1  narrative consulting   guarantees that you breakthrough in the industry, sign up for it here:   Be The Bite Interactive's 1-1 Narrative Mentoring – Fill out form     "There is much to be learned from beasts." - Bram Stoker's Dracula   Tropes. Everyone making or enjoying horror, knows about tropes. But lets talk because... 1. They're sort of important  2. They really hinder your creativity to begin with 3. They're recognizable to everyone. But, there more important things in horror than tropes. 100%. Because, let me tell it straight! If you decided to try to not inclu...

Master tension, the right way.

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Be The Bite Interactive is a multimedia studio, specializing in horror narrative  🕷️ 📓 My name is Izaak & I mentor industry revolutionizing horror fiction in every medium, resolving narrative issues thoroughly.   This blog is for motivation, full of evidence based methods for mastering scary storytelling.   If you want to become instantly effective in horror, my   1-1  narrative consulting  is available now, sign up for it here:   Be The Bite Interactive's 1-1 Narrative Mentoring – Fill out form     In the mentoring, I provide you with the right things to focus on, from evidence-based methods to easy-to- implement frameworks. In less than 1 month, you'll receive everything you need to make your scary stories memorable & industry impacting in any medium. In the full package, I go in-depth with research for your medium as well, to ensure the best return-on-investment. I delve deeper into making your ideas work, enabling strong innov...

This is taboo, even in the industry!

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Be The Bite Interactive is a multimedia studio, specializing in horror narrative  🕷️ 📓 My name is Izaak & I mentor industry revolutionizing horror fiction in every medium, resolving narrative issues thoroughly.   This blog is for motivation, full of evidence based methods for mastering scary storytelling.   If you want to become instantly effective in horror, my   1-1  narrative consulting   is available now, sign up for it here:   Be The Bite Interactive's 1-1 Narrative Mentoring – Fill out form   First, I doubt they'll sue me for saying this. But the horror industry needs a big kick up the butt.  If you're like me, finding a good movie/series/book in horror becomes a bit of a chore. I believe the genre is in dire need of back to basics storytelling, what makes stories unique and brilliant. That my freaky friend, is: Mythology. If there isn't mythic elements in horror story, I'm sorry but you are wasting everyone's time, including you...