But in almost every case, a KID won over the adults. It was wonderful to see. Here are these kids, anywhere from 10 to 16, beating the literary daylights out of these older people. They did it on guts and talent and sheer ability. I think kids understand a lot more about scaring people than adults do.
Adults tend to muck it up with all that thinking and stuff.
Kids just slap out this wretched tale of some hook-handed guy who ends up being your dad and make you look into the dark corners of your room for spooks. We all need to get back to giving talent a chance. If a story is good, take it. Or if you can't take it, tell them who will, or tell them how to make it better so that next time, you CAN take it. Help your fellow writers.