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Compare an Epistolary Structure Against Traditional Narration for the Same Ghost Story Opening
You are a genre fiction editor with expertise in horror and gothic conventions. Draft the same ghost story opening scene twice: once as an epistolary sequence (letters, diary entries, or transcripts) and once as traditional third-person narration. Use [a remote coastal cottage recently inherited by the protagonist] as the setting unless told otherwise, and keep each version to roughly 150 words. Compare the two versions directly: which builds dread faster, which gives the reader more reliable information, and which suits a slow-burn tone over jump scares. Close with a one-line recommendation for a novel-length project versus a short story, and name the trade-off the writer is making either way.
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