"It was as black as night but something made it seem even darker than that. There was an artificial dark that loomed over the room. It seeped over my hands, into my skin, into my throat, into my very being. I had never seen darkness like this and it chilled me. The world was spinning even though I saw no physical signs of it. I couldn’t shake the feeling that this was not just a practical joke. This darkness was not created by something normal. It was created by pure evil."
Meet the characters of my book:
Sebastian (Seb): Seb is the main character. He is an easy-going, happy with life high school student. He has a girlfriend named Apryl, but not too many friends otherwise.
Clay: Serial killer. Not necessarily the villain. What more must I say?
Hazel/Maria/Aubrey: Clay's victims. There were many before but these are just the ones I have written about so far. More to come.
I have been emailing my mentor, and we have been talking about what perspective I am writing my book in: 1st person or 3rd person. I have been writing it from 1st person so far, but there are benefits to both perspectives. 3rd person allows you to explain the scene outside of what the characters can see. But I have chosen 1st person with a bit of a twist. I am splitting my book into short sections and each section is from the perspective of a different character. Sebastian will tell part of the story, Clay will tell the other part. Here and there, Clay's victims will tell the story of their deaths, like the quote in the beginning of this post. I feel that this gives the reader an inside look on what is occurring. The reader will be in the minds of the two protagonists.
I originally started writing this story by hand about a year ago. I got about 20 pages into this notebook before I got too busy to work on it. Now that I have time during 20-Time, I am excited to be picking up where I left off. Although, I have determined it is so much more efficient to type my story.
Writing has been going smoothly. I really have no idea how long my book will end up being, but I am certain that it won't be finished before our school year ends. But over the summer I plan to finish it up and find some way to get it into people's hands. I want everyone to be able to read my book.
Enjoy!
"The thing that struck me as odd was the smile. Not the teeth, tinted and chipped. Not the lips, thin and chapped. Surely not the dimples, one bigger than the other in a cute quirky way. No, it was the authenticity. When he smiled, everything felt real. The world became sharp and crisp. For a second, I felt safe. Then, as if my quick comfort had reminded him, the smile shifted into a smirk. His lips slowly curled up, bringing wrinkles to his face that gave him a panicked look. His eyes were strong. They grasped every movement with swift motions. If his eyes hadn’t been so determined, I would have thought he wasn’t going to hurt me. His hands were moist as they ran through my hair, stopping only temporarily to see how I would react. I’m not sure he got what he wanted. You see, I really didn’t know how I should react."
Okay, I have decided to start each of my blog posts with something I have written in my book. This is the first paragraph in my entire book. I am not sure if this is how I should start it off, but I decided to show you guys what the first thing I wrote was.
I would like to address a few things that I may have been pretty unclear about. I am writing a horror book. Murder, scandal, and a sickening amount of blood and guts; everything that intrigues me. I apologize if you are one of those people who enjoys sappy romance novels, because you have come to the wrong blog. There is no point in lying to you, so I am warning you now that my grim taste is not for everyone.
I would love to think of myself as the next Stephen King, but I also realize that no one can be as cleverly gruesome as the King of Horror himself (pun intended). I do admit that my obsession with horror movies may have gone too far when I realized that I had watched almost all the movies under the category of horror on Netflix. Fortunately Netflix, mixed with the genius of King, have inspired me to write rather than try to make a horror film (which would epically fail).
So far, my writing has been going quite smoothly. I don't seem to be having any issues, which is a miracle for me. I have been able to write 12 pages (in a document, not in book sized pages; yes, there is a difference). I plan to spend most of my class time just writing as much as I possibly can, as well as writing in my free time out of school. I am not sure how long I intend to make my book so setting a limit at this point would make no sense. I am going to play it by ear and you guys will know almost as soon as I do when I finish my book.
Have a gore-tastic day!
"Outside the window, a tree branch blew in the wind. The breeze swayed through the tree and out onto the street, dragging along a smashed up Chinese takeout box with it. I didn’t know what it was about this guy, but I could not look him in the eyes. His eyes were too undisturbed by the words that came from his mouth."
This is a little bit of my story. I think for the sake of wanting people to still think I am sane, I am going to keep the plot of my story on the down low. But I am going to post a few quotes here and there to show you that I am indeed still writing a story.
So in my last post I talked a lot about what this project consisted of but now I want to talk a little bit about why I actually decided to write for my project (because we all know I do enough writing as an eleventh grader). For me, writing is more than just words on a piece of paper. It is a way to get your thoughts across to people without the fluster of speaking. You can erase or backspace words to fit your own thoughts perfectly. To me, writing is what I would want to spend the rest of my life doing, if I could.
For my English class, we also have to pick out a book to read. It is supposed to be related somewhat to our 20 Time Project, but as I am writing a book, I figured reading any book in general would give me tips on great writing. I am reading a book called Blood of My Blood by Barry Lyga. It is the third book in the I Hunt Killers series and so far it is an amazing book. The first and second books in this series are some of my greatest inspirations. You could probably find quite a few similarities between what I am writing about and what Barry Lyga wrote about. I suggest this book to anyone who has eyes and can read.
I also want to thank anyone who is taking time to read my blog. It means so much to get comments from people and I would love to hear from everyone who reads this.
Until next time.
