SNT: S/he was so scared

Setting

• Haunted house
• After dark at a cemetery
• Crazy relative’s house
• Dark alley
• New high school of 3000 students
• Sleeping alone in the wilderness
• New job, job interview

Body Language (facial expressions, physical movements)

• Shake
• Yell, scream, cry
• Sweat
• Vomit
• Imagine things that aren’t there (ghost effect)
• A mouse sounds like a bear
• Turn pale
• White knuckles
• Overreact
• Eyes dilate
• Freeze (can’t move or make a sound)
• Act all tough
• Become irrational
• Pant
• Talk too loud
• Flailing arms
• Time slows down
• Hold breath to hear better
• Make irrational decisions like “Let’s split up”

Five senses

• Sound magnified when you’re scared (footsteps)
• Sight (see what’s not there), tunnel vision
• Touch (warm wetness, greasy fur, slimy disgustingness), cold air, warm air

Start with an intriguing hook