A. Sydney knelt at the edge of the stream, rubbing the blood off her hands.
OR
B. Sydney knelt at the edge of the stream, rubbing the dead girl’s blood off her hands.
B, right?
Yeah.
Lots of subtle changes in word choice can amp up the scary in a horror story.
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You made your point well, Dan.
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Pow! All of it is liks being put under a spell. A B for me Dan.
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B from me too! Great way to capture attention Dan.
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