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Scary stories need to frighten the reader. To do this, you can use suspense, atmosphere and shocks!
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Scary stories are supposed to be, you guessed it, scary.
Watch what happens to these ducks for example.
Hey, not so fast ducks.
When you write a scary story you need to frighten the reader.
Sometimes this will be through suspense and atmosphere, or through shocks, I said through shocks!
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