What Inspires You???
- Jacob
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I like to exchange my own real life fears into novels. Adding the supernatural touch that makes the moment, it doesn't have to be a scary spooky night where all you can hear is scary noises in the outside window.
It can be a normal sunny day hanging out on the beach shore and chilling with your own mates.
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- Jacob
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The Creature From The Black Lagoon was scary for me at the time, I was very young and frightened of my own imagination, sometimes a random figure would enter my head and I would think about escaping my own reality.
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- Jacob
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My fear mainly faded out from growing older, I couldn't get rid of my addiction for Horror Novels & Films. I kept watching it, the older movies scared me much more then the newer ones. Everytime I saw the Creature From The Black Lagoon I always use to get excited, but at late at night I always use to be scared and cringe to myself.
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- Jacob
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Sorry if this gets on your nerves, but I am curious about this dream. Gruesome sounds interesting to me, the way it developes is just breath taking.BooksByEssie wrote:That question scares me...I pictured it being said in a dark, deep and ominous voice...Butterbescotch wrote:What are your fears Jacob?
As for being inspired, I was inspired by the dream I had last night, but it was too gruesome to write down, for me at least.
- BooksByEssie
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Jacob, I'm going to have to pretend I didn't read the thread about how old everyone is if I tell you anything about this dream I had...not that it is that bad, but I'm a mom and former elementary school teacher, so I really should know better.Jacob wrote:
Sorry if this gets on your nerves, but I am curious about this dream. Gruesome sounds interesting to me, the way it developes is just breath taking.
I was (or the main character because it wasn't actually me) a serial killer who slit their victims throats. The wound left on the throat always resembled this hideous reddish black dried blood smiley face. And just to be more sick, this matched the gruesome smile that was plastered on the victim's dead face.
There is more, but that is the description of what happened to the victims. I feel like I had gone to bed after reading (or watching) Dexter, or the short story Serial.
If I turn it into a short story, I'll let you know...
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- Jacob
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Sorry to hear that, that must of been a wild dream. It's good not to talk about this anymore, but that entire dream must resemble something in reality.BooksByEssie wrote:Jacob, I'm going to have to pretend I didn't read the thread about how old everyone is if I tell you anything about this dream I had...not that it is that bad, but I'm a mom and former elementary school teacher, so I really should know better.Jacob wrote:
Sorry if this gets on your nerves, but I am curious about this dream. Gruesome sounds interesting to me, the way it developes is just breath taking.
I was (or the main character because it wasn't actually me) a serial killer who slit their victims throats. The wound left on the throat always resembled this hideous reddish black dried blood smiley face. And just to be more sick, this matched the gruesome smile that was plastered on the victim's dead face.
There is more, but that is the description of what happened to the victims. I feel like I had gone to bed after reading (or watching) Dexter, or the short story Serial.
If I turn it into a short story, I'll let you know...
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"how do I write a book?" and the answer was nobody needs to know how, they just want permission .
which I thought was great because that's so true of me,I write because I enjoy writing that way if no one else likes my work it does not matter

- BooksByEssie
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I wouldn't say that it resembles anything in real life. That would be like saying that an author who dreams about vampires and then writes his or her story must be a vampire or someone in their life is. It was a dream that had excessive creative overtones in it. Think of this dream as someone watching a movie, and I was the movie goer.Jacob wrote: Sorry to hear that, that must of been a wild dream. It's good not to talk about this anymore, but that entire dream must resemble something in reality.