Monstrous Diction

Develop a dictionary of horror terms, including a story snippet for each.

This exercise takes a more direct approach to enhancing your horror vocabulary. Create your own dictionary of horror terms – these could be words that describe various fears, creepy settings, macabre actions, or anything else horror-themed. With each word, write a tiny horror snippet that uses or shows the meaning of the word. This approach can help you create a repository of horror terms to use in future writing, and practicing creating stories with these words reinforces your understanding and application of them.