 Horror/Scary: February 07, 2007 Issue [#1526] |
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DO OUR LIVES MIRROR OUR WRITING?
Sometimes I wonder if it is true that by writing in a dark mode the writer risks culturing darkness in his heart, becoming the very thing he describes. It is a frightening thought and one that plagues my mind as well as my heart. In my attempt to bring others to where their bones feel gnawed by a sharp-toothed chill, or their nerves frayed in utter terror, I may have stepped over the line.
In order to write good characters, I become them. If my main character is insane, I try to think what they would think. For me, this helps with dialogue as well as with the character's actions. But how many blood-thirsty crazy people can I live through before actually becoming one myself?
Since my mother died, I'm finding it harder and harder to write anything but horror. I know now that it takes a long time for the ones you love most to die in your heart, because in your heart they only die a little at a time like a plant you forgot to water.
I have tried to balance my writing with comedy, but even that has slipped away like a forgotten dream. My mind is constantly occupied with dreadful images, like a dark pool where moonlight no longer brightens the black water. In my mind's eye, I see a dead-gray face awaiting burial, and feel its worm of unease gnawing at me.
I wonder if writers of other genres have the same problem? If you write nothing but Fantasy, do you live in a fantasy world? Or if you write Romance all the time, are you destined to be a hopeless romantic? And are Mystery writers forever suspicious of everyone they meet? Can writers of Comedy ever be taken seriously? And if you write Drama, are you a constant drama-queen?
I just wonder if others feel the same way about being stuck in one certain genre or the other and are unable to write anything else. Is it healthy? Should we try and stretch ourselves to write in all genres just to keep a grip on reality - make an attempt to have balance in our lives?
It is a puzzlement.
I sometimes wonder what Stephen King must go through. Will he one day end up in an asylum because he can no longer distinguish his imagination from reality? Or do we create our own reality day to day? What if you woke up one morning and everything was just a blank - a big white room like the blank pages of your word processor, cursor blinking, just waiting to be told what the surrounding scenery should look like.
Someone out there please tell me I'm not the only one talking to imaginary people and having dark thoughts all the time. Let me know how you feel.
Until next time,
billwilcox
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PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS TALK...
darkin agrees with a mad man:
Wonderful newsletter Bill..and you are so right. The only way to write is to sit down and do it.
-Darkin
mariasmatrix colors on her monitor screen:
I have such a huge fear of the big, blank, white page. But once started, it seems to fall into place doesn't it? Now I just need to get myself to start. Thank you for the inspiration.
-Maria
werden wonders about 2,000 words a day:
This coming from one of the best writers on the website? I have to admire your dedication. It is the best I can do to get 100 - 200 a night.
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