: Re: Setting The Correct Tone So, I've written a horror story and everybody says that it is indeed good but they also point out that while my premise is terrific, my narrative voice does not go

@Kevin153

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Read, read, and read. To work on your personal style read authors who do what you want to do well and understand how they do it. To learn horror writing H.P. Lovecraft, Edger Allen Poe, Stephen King, and James Herbert may be strong contenders if you want to learn new technique but if your work already has overtones of poetry then skip the first two. If you just want to build suspense Lovecraft is a recognised master and you may actually find mysteries rather than horror the better genre.

Short version: find authors who do what you want to do, and do it well, read and reread their works that do it best, understand how they do it, then apply those techniques in your own work.

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