Getting Paid to Learn: The Art and Business of Horror with Craig DiLouie

On this episode of the NoNaMe Storytellers Podcast, host Aki is joined by co-hosts Anto and Charlie as they welcome horror master Craig DiLouie back to the show to talk about the craft, business, and discipline behind building a successful career in modern horror fiction.Known for balancing literary depth with commercial storytelling, Craig discusses what publishers like Hachette are looking for in today’s market, how he became one of horror publishing’s most dependable voices, and the collaborative relationship he’s built with his editor Bradley. The conversation also explores Craig’s self-described identity as a “commercial writer,” constantly searching for compelling concepts, memorable hooks, and stories that connect with readers.Along the way, the crew dives into organization, productivity, and the realities of generating a consistent volume of creative work while sustaining a long-term writing career. Craig also gives listeners a preview of his upcoming slasher duology, beginning with The Summer Fun Massacre and continuing this fall with The Yule Day Slaughter, Book Two of Slasher Season.⁠From horror publishing and storytelling craft to deadlines, creative process, and the business side of writing, this is an inside look at what it really means to make a living telling scary stories.⁠https://craigdilouie.com/Keywords: Bradley Englert, Vivalde, Slaugher, Final Girl, Found footage horror, Episode Thirteen, Hachette, Summer Fun Massacre, Yule Day Slaughter, Haunting of Hill House, Treatment, Logline, bumbling deputy, flash fiction, short story, stable writer, Stephen Graham Jones, 25 word premise, elevator pitch, John Truby's Anatomy of Story, pantsing vs plotting, character arc, inciting event, call to action, synopsis, scriptments, screen stories, how to sell your work, comparables, slush pile, The Children of Red Peak, Jonestown Massacre, the familiar with a twist, Marvel Zombies, Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49, Nabokov, Dostoevsky, Garrett Michael Brown (Narrator), Elizabeth Cappuccino (Narrator), work-for-hire, Peter Klein, Thundar the Barbarian, Simon & Schuster, Star Trek, Peter David, Hulk, Alien, Titan Books, Suffer the Children, Cabin in the Woods, Jaime Lee Curtis, Roy Scheider, Scream, Jamie Kennedy, How to Direct a Horror Movie and Survive, WW2 fiction, Generation Kill, Woody Harrelson, True Detective, hard-boiled, page turner, thriller, opening and closing images, Save the Cat, Larry Brooks's Story Engineering, Libbie Hawker's Take Off Your Pants!, murder board, R. C. Bray, Armor Series, The Fog, survival horror, Hammer Horror, Friday the 13th, Italian Giallo Horror, H. Rider Haggard's She, Warren Zevon, Brian De Palma, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Naked Steel reviews Enigma by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠license⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100241Artist: http://incompetech.com/