#81: Crafting Suspense: The Dipper

It's spooky season, friends! Every October we aim to provide spooky, monstery stories for your frightful delight. This time, your humble host forgot it was the launch of the spooks (you'd think the gentle aroma of leaves and pumpkin spice on the air would tip him off, but c'est la vie) and chose a decidedly unspooky prompt. The Cru then did their best to create suspenseful tales for you, and discussed various techniques that can help create that atmosphere and tone in writing. Stories begin at the 19:30 mark and include a tale from the dark of space; making amends, with repercussions; and a new sort of AI. From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Dipper, The. An old name for the seven principal stars of the constellation URSA MAJOR, the Great Bear, also known as the Plough or CHARLES'S WAIN. The name is derived from the supposed resemblance to the kitchen utensil of this name, a pan with a long handle.  Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.