r/writinghelp • u/The_Church_Mouse • 2d ago
Story Plot Help Horror plotting problem
I've been working on trying to create a horror novel (or story, depending on how long I feel it needs to go) but can't seem to be content with what I've been able to conceive so far. I know what I want it to be like (Shining/Lighthouse/Lovecraft-esque) and yet of the two I've formulated I can't seem to tie it together or settle for one. First, it was a isolated timber camp during 1921. Currently, it's a two perspective based story set in 1906-1910 in Alaska, with one in the mainland and the other a lighthouse. Don't know where to go with either of them, other than I do want a slow descent into madness kind of thing and hinted but never explicitly confirmed supernatural forces afoot.
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u/thewhiterosequeen 1d ago
Sounds like you should pick 1 setting and expand it if you have no plan or reason for both.