Great horror starts with lived experiences - everyone knows that. You want to look deeper than "I'm scared of spiders", look past it into the "why". What makes them scary? Look into your worst fears - the deep ones. Are you afraid of the dark? Ask yourself why. Are you afraid of losing your memory? What would that mean for you? How would you translate that into a horror short? Let's hear your deep, dark fears!

Hello aspiring and established horror writers! Welcome to DreadThoughts - a community-based horror craft lab for writers who want to grow - not compete. The community is just getting started, but it will be an environment where all new and long-term horror writers can come together to practice their craft, learn new writing techniques and produce better quality stories - together. My name is Amy and I am now writing my first ever horror novel. It's been eye opening and has shown me I still have a lot to learn - and the power of learning alongside others. I want a community where I can get feedback and support during my novel writing and struggled to find one, so I've made my own. I'm a mum to a 3 year old little boy, a full time nurse, so I know exactly how hard it can be to find the time and community while writing a novel. This is a non-elitist writing community. If you have 5 minutes of typing time, brilliant! It all counts. Let's write darker, let's write stronger, together. Come and share what you have with the group and we'll give constructive feedback you can apply to your writing. If you're struggling to hit 500 words the last few days? We understand. It's hard finding the time and we all need encouragement sometimes - you'll find that encouragement here. Have a read of this and comment where you're from, what kind of horror you love to write and what kind of community-based support you would love to see here at DreadThoughts. Let's grow our writing skills together and learn how to really build dread!