A Nosleep Author Explains How To Write Successful Horror Stories

Read the story from this video here:

Worchester_St

Inspired by the success my story had over on Reddit INC channel. The story "I've Been Flying For Almost Thirty Hours and The Flight Attendants Won't Stop Crying

[fatbitch]

I'm baffled that this video doesn't have more likes bc it definitely deserves tons and tons. Some of your examples and ideas were actually very cool and original. I loved your tips. You have a new suscriber 💕

[ambulance_boy]

I like this behind the scenes special! Very well done as always Worcester.

[hyper_lix_yt]

The story your writing is the first story of yours I found on Reddit, keep up the great work.

[robgau]

Finally a piece of writing advice that helps me.❤

[JohnLemieux]

Watching this because I found an inspiration online, but won’t be disappointed if someone who is a better writer than I am took it and ran with it.

This is a real Craigslist ad I found a few days ago:

“$90 for 4 1/2 hours of listening for noise, not conversations.

During Late Evening to Early Morning

Studying or reading is ok. We only need you to listen for noise and make notes.

Completely legal, no danger, safe environment inside our condo home
which is located in a very safe area

Just sit at a table, listen lfor noises/sounds and make notes describing what you may hear.

Thank you”

Yes this is a real ad.

[CammyVunny]

I can't really tell if its genuinely your name or not because you're such a really good writer and storyteller! I can't believe I've just found your channel recently.. btw it's through your scifi story ;D

[juliefarrell]

My inspiration was:
The wood on the front porch is stained with blood.
It's called "There's a Man Spilling Juice on our Porch"
From the POV of a young girl, who wakes up, and finds a red stain on her porch. She asks her dad if he spilled juice on the porch. The dad immediately knows what it is, but the girl is confused. And throughout the book, the idea is that the girl barley knows what's going on.

[chetmanly]

Keep up the good work, guy! I love your stories

[theonewhocooks]

Thank you for this!!! I’ve been thinking about writing scary stories while in quarantine. Also I just discovered your channel, you are a very talented creator. Keep up the good work!!

[weslayubrust]

Thanks for the advice. I always like writers who describe their process for writing.

[ragingmailbox]

People complaining about long titles should remember these stories are tailored for the internet. Longer titles are more effective at being found by metadata crawlers.

[FlooferLand]

1:45 so i guess Scott Cawthon watched this video (with the Hide And Seek story, a monster you can only see in reflections)
Also thank you for all of the help, i'm just 2 minutes in and i already feel like i have enough info to write a successful nosleep story (most explainations and help videos either don't exist or are from like 5 years ago and outdated)

[victormcclain]

Such great advice. I just posted a story on /rnosleep and the first title was

“Nigtenberry Grove: Samhain”

But then I changed the title to “I celebrate Halloween every day… I think it’s the only way I can keep it away from me”

I’ve written horror before, but now I’m trying my hand at Reddit and clickbait titles.

[ajdndbdjbdj]

As a kid, the scariest story someone can write is a weird looking monster that is killing people

As an adult, the scariest story you can make is a phycological horror story, or a real life story or a documentary, or even a normal story but with a good character that we fear for them

[crypticwander]

If this takes care of my writer's block, I will sing your praises.

[mr.rousseau.]

You sound like a interesting person to have a conversation with. I personally have a strong taste for cosmic horror.

[MrRichManGuy]

Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather read a story with a title like "Maine in Autumn" than "My balls itch more than usual... and I think it has something to do with my dog dying."

It's probably because most of the front page on Nosleep is the latter, but short and sweet titles are more likely to catch my attention.

[fbnudsn]

WOAH I READ ALL OF YOUR STORIES IM A FAN

[HLLFRE-]

amazing i used the idea in this story it really helped

[animilaawoo]

Thankyou for this helpful video. And I have a few questions:
- Why do you choose to post on Reddit, instead of saving your stories to make a short story collection book?
- What do you feel is your win, what do you think makes it worth it posting your stories on Reddit?
(I also wanna post on Reddit, cause I wanna share my work & find out if people will like my stuff, cause up untill now I've only been able to show people who are close to me.)
- Aren't you afraid people will steal your ideas?
If you could answer this I'd be so happy, thankyou!