Horror Writers Association (HWA) ingathandize olemba osati kungotsimikiza kuti apange ntchito yabwino, komanso kuwalimbikitsa kuti atenge zoopsa ndikuwunika njira zamaluso ndi chilimbikitso chochokera kwa oyang'anira mundawo monga membala wa HWA a Stephen King.

Olemba mantha ali ndi ntchito yovuta. Kuti akwaniritse zolinga zawo-kuwopseza anthu-ayenera kuphatikiza mitundu ina yonse munkhani zawo. Mwachitsanzo pofuna kuyimitsa zikhulupiriro za owerenga, wolemba nkhani wowopsa amagwiritsa ntchito zinthu zachikondi, zinsinsi ndi sewero mu nkhani ya munthu. Buku lachikondi silingafune kuti zonunkhira zisangalatse owerenga ake, ngakhale chidutswa chodabwitsa kapena choseketsa. Koma cholemetsa cha wolemba wowopsa ndikuwunika momwe anthu alili ndikusintha moyenera kuti apatse ulemu anthu omwe akukhalamo.

Kupyola zaka mazana ambiri pakhala pali mayina ambiri omwe amafanana ndi mantha: Mary Shelly, Bram Stoker ndi Edgar Allen Poe. Lero, mothandizidwa ndiukadaulo, olemba ambiri amatha kufalitsa ntchito zawo pawokha, kupanga ma blogs kapena kutumiza muma media media. Koma pali bungwe limodzi lomwe ladzipereka kubweretsa kuchita bwino padziko lonse lapansi m'mabuku owopsa ngakhale wolemba angafune kuwonetsa maluso ake.

Horror Writers Association (HWA) ndi bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe limalimbikitsa olemba kuti afufuze zokonda zawo, adziwe luso lawo ndikufalitsa ntchito zawo. Ndi mamembala opitilira 1200, gululi limalimbikitsa komanso limapatsa olemba ndi owerenga kulumikizana ndi mbali zawo zamdima ndikuzifotokoza kudzera munkhani yabwino.

Mu 1985, Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon ndi Joe Lansdale adapanga HWA, ndikupatsa olemba malo owopsa malo olumikizana, kugawana ntchito zawo ndi ena omwe akufuna kuchita zomwezo.

Pokambirana mwapadera ndi iHorror.com, a Lisa Morton, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa HWA, akuti bungwe lopanda phindu limayesetsa kwambiri osati kokha kwa olemba omwe alipo komanso ntchito, komanso omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi mtunduwo.

"Kuphatikiza pa cholinga chake chachikulu chofotokozera zamtundu wankhanza," akutero, "imaperekanso mapulogalamu ndi ntchito zina, kuphatikiza kulemba maphunziro, kulumikizana ndi laibulale, kuwongolera olemba atsopano, ngongole zovuta kwa olemba odziwika omwe amafunikira thandizo, ndi zina zambiri. ”

Morton akufotokozanso kuti olemba ena atha kulemba zolemba zawo muzolemba za HWA, "Kwa omwe amalemba, HWA imapereka njira zambiri zolimbikitsira kutulutsidwa kwatsopano, komanso imapatsa mamembala mwayi wophatikizidwa ndi nthano zokha - ife, mwachitsanzo .

Cha m'ma 1980, pamsika panali mabuku ochititsa mantha. Olemba zamanyazi monga Stephen King, Peter Straub ndi Clive Barker; Mamembala onse a HWA, adadzaza mashelufu ogulitsa m'sitolo ndi ogulitsa. Apa ndipomwe mabuku amakono owopsa adalandiridwa ngati ochulukirapo, ndipo msika wopindulitsa udabadwa. "Ngakhale sindikudziwa kuti a HWA anganene kuti ndi amene adakhudza mtunduwu, palibe kukayikira kuti HWA idakhudza kwambiri ntchito za olemba otchuka ambiri omwe amapanga mtunduwu." Morton adauza iHorror.

Aliyense amene ali ndi chidwi ndi mtunduwo atha kulowa nawo HWA. Pali magawo osiyanasiyana amembala, otakataka kapena othandizira, koma zabwino zomwe zimadza chifukwa chokhala membala pamlingo uliwonse ndizofunika. Morton amalimbikitsa olemba omwe samamvetsetsa mphamvu ya mphatso yawo kuti alowe ku HWA.

"Mamembala onse amalandila zolemba zathu zabwino mwezi uliwonse, atha kuvomereza ntchito za Bram Stoker Award, ndipo atha kutumiza ku zofalitsa zathu zosiyanasiyana (zomwe zikuphatikizaponso zinthu monga blog yathu yodziwika bwino ya" Haunts Halloween "). Kuphatikiza apo, Mamembala a Active atha kuvota pa Bram Stoker Awards kapena kugwira nawo ma jury a mphotho, kulandira thandizo kuthana ndi mikangano yofalitsa kuchokera ku Komiti Yathu Yodandaula, kapena kukhala maofesala m'bungweli. Kuti mumve zambiri polowa nawo, chonde pitani https://www.horror.org . "

Mphoto ya Bram Stoker imaperekedwa kwa magawo apadera a ntchito chaka chilichonse monga amavotera ndi Association m'magawo ena. Morton akufotokoza kuti: "Pakadali pano amaperekedwa m'magulu khumi ndi umodzi - kuphatikiza Novel Yoyamba, Screenplay, ndi Graphic Novel - ndipo amaperekedwa kuphwando la gala lomwe limachitikira mumzinda wina chaka chilichonse (nawonso amakhala pa intaneti). Ntchito imatha kupezeka pachisankho choyambirira ndikulandila malingaliro amembala kapena kusankhidwa ndi loweruza, ndipo mamembala a HWA Active ndiye amavota kuti asankhe omwe asankhidwa ndipo, pomaliza, opambana. ”

Olemba zodabwitsika ali odzipereka ku luso lawo chifukwa zimawalola kuti alowe mumikhalidwe yakuda kwambiri yamzimu wamunthu. Kupanga maiko amantha ndi kusatsimikizika ndi malo omwe owerenga atha kupita, koma dziwani kuti atuluka osavulazidwa ndikukhutitsidwa. HWA ikhoza kukhala njira yothandizira yomwe imakhudza kuthekera kwa wolemba popanda tsankho, chifukwa chake amakhala omasuka kugwiritsa ntchito dziko lawo lomwe owerenga sangakhale omasuka. “Zoopsa ndizapamwamba kwambiri. Zimatikakamiza kuti tisuzumira m'makona athu akuda kwambiri, komabe zimatilola kuti tibwerere bwinobwino. Olemba achi Gothic a m'zaka za zana la 19 amakhulupirira kuti mantha (kapena, monga momwe amatchulira, mantha) amatha kupangitsa kuti zinthu ziziwayendera bwino. ”

Ponena za tsogolo la HWA, pali malingaliro ambiri oti apitilize kuthandizira olemba zoopsa ndi luso lawo. Association ikuyang'ana kuti ipange machaputala am'deralo, ndipo kuchokera kumeneko amagwira ntchito kufikira mawebusayiti ndi mitundu ina yazofalitsa.

"Tili ndi zolinga zikuluzikulu zingapo zomwe tikukwaniritsa pakadali pano," akutero a Morton, "chimodzi ndikuti tikonze mitu yazigawo za mamembala athu onse - machaputala ku Toronto, Los Angeles, ndi New York atsimikizira momwe mamembala athu angathere amachita nawo zochitika zakomweko. Cholinga china chachikulu ndikudziwika - kwa nthawi yoyamba tili ndi gulu la akatswiri ogwira ntchito molimbika omwe akufufuza njira zatsopano zopititsira patsogolo mtunduwo ndi HWA. Ntchito yathu ya "Horror Selfies" - yomwe yatulutsa mamiliyoni ambiri pa Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, ndi masamba athu - ndi nsonga chabe. Ndipo tikufuna kupitiliza kukulitsa maphunziro athu ndikutengapo gawo m'maphunziro a kuwerenga. "

Kwa zaka mazana ambiri, mtundu wowopsya wasintha ndikukula m'njira zosiyanasiyana, kuyambira ndakatulo mpaka zolemba zojambula, kuyambira zisudzo mpaka zithunzi. HWA imaphatikiza ojambulawo omwe akufuna kupeza njira zogwirira ntchito zawo ndikumvetsetsa kuti m'modzi kapena angapo mwa omwe akulemba kumeneku atha kukhala omwe akutenga nawo gawo pantchitoyo.