What should we pay attention to when writing horror short stories?

The choice of theme, horror novels, whether you write paranormal, zombies or campus horror, should consider your audience.

Plot design, the plot had better be ups and downs, and the ending should be unexpected.

The setting of story characters, including the name of the protagonist, the relationship between the protagonist and other characters, and so on.

In fact, when writing a novel, you should have an outline in your mind, what to write specifically, and then write a general story according to the outline, and then modify the details.

But you're a novice. Take your time.

Horror novels had better learn how to create a horrible atmosphere and how to arouse readers' emotions. You can learn the elements of other horror novelists first-night, blood, storm, killer, wilderness and so on.