October 19th, Year XXXX

In the last assignment I focused on Lovecraft's writing style, specifically that first paragraph, but this time around I want to focus on something similar, but more specific. I want to focus on the scare part. What is it? How do you write it? How do you scare fast, right at the beginning, then build off of that? This can be condensed into the need to know question of "How does Cosmic Horror scare?"

Some sub questions to consider;

• What is cosmic horror?

• How does Lovecraft implement it into his works?

• How is cosmic horror different from other horrors or scary things?

• Can you get a fear similar to jump scares or heart racing movies?

I chose this as my need to know because cosmic horror and cosmicism are both ideas created and heavily used by Lovecraft, they are the very core of his works. It's for this reason that I think it's obvious to understand what it is and how he uses it. This time I think I might go into something a little more research based, going beyond just his works to understand this. Perhaps I will look into different works inspired, or different interpretations of it. That's what the first sub question is about, then using my findings of researching cosmic horror, I can compare that to his works and try and spot it in different places, see how he uses it and how. The last two sub questions are similar to each other and mostly add to the first one, a more research based inquiry. But the last one could be found out through the process of the second one, and using my own thoughts and reactions as an answer to it, and then maybe looking at what other people may think.