The theme for my story had to follow a scary genre as the different pieces are being put forward to a flash fiction competition at school. As we could only write the whole story in 500 words, we had to make sure to be descriptive but do it in few words possible, and make sure every word counts.
The inspiration of my story was based on the film 'The Lovely Bones'. When I thought about my characters I saw them as being very similar to the characters from this film so it helped me describe the setting and the characters. I wanted to make sure to create an eerie atmosphere by using descriptive words and different techniques, such as metaphors and similes. Writing the story was quite easy as I have a fear of the darkness and being chased through scary places, i.e the woods.
In my story, i used a lot of short sentences to create a lot of tension and dramatic effect to my story. By changing the length of the sentences so quickly it creates a lot of pausing and the speed of reading it to be different, making it more interesting for the reader.
By never revealing the 'kidnappers' name throughout the story it gives a depth of mystery and wonder. By calling him 'it' and 'him' it also gives of the impression that the girl doesnt want to give him the decency of a name, and he is more like a animal who doesnt deserve this kind of thing.
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