Mary Shelley Opens her book Frankenstein by writing 4 letters that give a little bit of background of the characters. If I were to ever write a scary story I would open it up with a scary scene and then flash back to what happened. I would do this because it would catch the readers attention and they would keep wanting to know more. I think mystery is what makes something so scary, you do not know what will happen next. If you knew what would happen then you would expect it and it would no longer be scary.



Like this picture, you do not know who it is or what happened to him. it is scary and you want to know more.