In The Demons' Head #13:
Friday The 13th, and The General Know
April 13, 2012
Hello everyone and welcome
to another issue of Inside The Demons' with the demon himself, well
me. To be honest if I would have even tried to plan the fact that my
13th posting of Inside the Demons fell on the first Friday
The 13th of the supposed final year of Mankind.. well it's
a good bet I woulda somehow fucked it up. However, there is luck on
my side in this regard and I thought on top of the general writing
update that I would include my look at the horror side of writing,
and how it has shaped my writing style and what I've done.
First off, and as a
general rule of thumb going forward, the Friday Issues will usually
be pretty short only because there's not a whole lot for me to report
in terms of writing updates. This week though I am happy to announce
three different things that have happened. Thanks to the Platforming
Challenge, I have gained 71 pages likes on Facebook, as well as 69
followers on Twitter, so that's a massive thank you to everyone whose
done that.
Also, I've gotten a lot of
good feedback on the page because of this challenge which also helps
me realize that I'm heading in the right direction with both the page
and the twitter feed. Finally, because of the April Poem a Day
Challenge I have been collectively working on “More Then Memories”
The estimated finish date is still not yet set but I do intend to
have it completely ready for editing by the end of May.
Also a big thanks to
Brendon Wiles, who over the past few days has pushed the idea count
for this blog up through July, if you have any questions you want
answered, or topics you feel would be good for me to talk about on
the blog, click here and drop me a line.
Now, I wanted to take a
look at Friday The 13th, Now I for one am kinda confused
on how it is viewed, some view it as the next worst day to Halloween
for paranormal activity, and that's why we see a lot of horror
stories, and a rather successful movie franchise centered around the
day so I thought I'd take a minute and look at the horror and
paranormal genre of Movies and writing, and how they've shaped my
writing over the years.
Everyone knows that
feeling, the breath on your necks, the sweat starts to drip on your
brow, your in danger and your heart is racing, and you absolutely
love it. Your absorbed in it, and when that moment comes and you
scream and jump almost to the point of pissing all over yourself,
it's all worth it. I got my first taste of that when I was younger,
and have loved it ever since. The very first book I ever read and
thoroughly enjoyed was Stephen King's It, to me that 1134 pages of
beautiful storytelling that turned into a very amazing movie full of
those jump moments.
After this movie I was
hooked,
And I decided that I would
try to take my writing to a level where it makes people scared, makes
them jump, and gives them nightmares. I've done it a few times and
there's nothing quite like hearing someone say that you scared the
hell out of them. So that's what I celebrate this Friday the 13th,
on the possible last year of existence of mankind but hey who the
hell knows what's in store for the future... don't believe me? Ask
the man behind you, I'm sure he could have an answer.
Until the next time you
want to take a trip through the gates of hell and into the demons'
Head. I'm Kyle Robinson wishing you a safe trip back to the surface.
You might enjoy some of
the Other post I've done on Writing Tips:
Overcoming Writers Block
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