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According to Stephen King, what is the purpose of horror writing?
to open the door at the top of the stairs
to magnify the 10-foot bug or other horror
to reverse the fall from womb to tomb
to temporarily free the imagination
to open the door at the top of the stairs
to magnify the 10-foot bug or other horror
to reverse the fall from womb to tomb
to temporarily free the imagination
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To magnify the 10-foot bug or other horror.
Stephen King writes that the writer's job is to find what scares us and magnify it—make ordinary fears enormous so readers feel the terror.
Stephen King writes that the writer's job is to find what scares us and magnify it—make ordinary fears enormous so readers feel the terror.
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