>>70861113In this one I wanted to cut a bit to the chase just so we can get to the real meat of the story. I wanted the first chapter to lay the groundwork and provide a rather quick hook because I felt personally it'll be a bit too much like idling to stop and smell the roses in this particular story (not that that won't happen in the future of this story, more that this first chapter I wanted to be a quicker pace).
I do read, but I will admit I don't read horror fiction almost at all. This story in particular was inspired by stories I heard rather than read and I've never written a horror story so this won't be perfect by any stretch.
It's less improvement and more that I deliberately chose to make my stories like this. I have always been someone who is frustrated when authors spend too much time describing, too much time writing dialogue that doesn't really matter in the grand scheme, etc. It's probably an unpopular opinion, but I am someone who generally likes to cut to the chase for most scenes. It might be a flaw but I will be honest in the fact that i am someone who generally prefers a more concise and to the point story, reading or writing. I get that that's probably an unpopular opinion but it's one that I have.
