The Demons’ Head #246: Diary of a Demented Man- How Nightmares Keep Me Going
October 19, 2015
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of “In The Demon’s Head” directly in the middle of the scariest month of the year. It wasn’t intentional but the fact that this fell together makes it even better. With that said, no further ado, let’s get into the dark side of this post.
October 19, 2015
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of “In The Demon’s Head” directly in the middle of the scariest month of the year. It wasn’t intentional but the fact that this fell together makes it even better. With that said, no further ado, let’s get into the dark side of this post.
Darkness Arises
October is the dark month of the year. Halloween and general darkness arises through the month of October. I thought what better time of the year to talk about my love of the Horror genre and how Horror has shaped my writing, and why I chose to write with a paranormal flair.
Fear is an interesting emotion. Because Americans, and people in general love to be scared. They pay to watch movies, go to houses, play games, and read books, that scare them. Fear is powerful, fear is angelic.
As a child I lived in a haunted house. I mean a legit haunted house that I believe was inhabited by either some spirts that lived on that land previously. It could have been spirits that were pulled in by my former step-mother who happened to be a bit of a Satanist. (Unknown to my dad before he married her.) Either way, my child hood shaped me to have a bit of a connection to the paranormal world that a lot of people don’t have. It’s one of the reasons that I was drawn to Stephen King as a reader.
As a writer though I wasn’t sure at first what direction my writing would take. Then I wrote my first short story, entitled “The Ghost of Johnny Appleseed” It was likely as horrible as it sounds. (I honestly can’t remember.) but from that point on most of the stuff I wrote had a touch of paranormal flair.
Fast forward to me being an adult and continuing to write. What fuels some of the horror scenes that I’ve crafted like the one from Paper Dolls? It’s very simple, they’re fueled by nightmares. On a constant basis I have some sort of weird ass dream that seems to either spark a story, or has a good place within a story that I’m working on.
I know that this kind of thinking is common place in writers. I don’t know many interviews I read with authors who said that some of their best ideas came to them while they were sleeping. For me it’s some of my most terrifying things that come to me while I’m sleeping.
One of the dreams, which inspired the poem from the 35th floor I can still remember plain as day. I was on one of the floors high in the World Trade Centers as the plane hit I was in an elevator. I heard the commotion and screaming from outside. No one came to save me and the elevator eventually came falling down. I woke up right before it crashed into the ground.
There was another dream where I saw a little girl outside our window staring at me. This little girl is what inspired one of the end scenes in Paper Dolls. But it’s not just dreams that I draw inspiration from. I read a lot of creepy shit and things that kind of get the sparks running in my head.
Some people might think that I’m kind of insane, and maybe to a degree I am. But, I have to say that all of this is what keeps my imagination rolling and sharp. I have to make sure that I’m always in tune with that part of my brain. I love being able to come up with weird things on a constant basis. It makes life interesting, to say the least.
Nightmares are great fuel for stories, and for life. Sometimes, Nightmares can be the thing that saves your life. But, that’s probably me overstating. Have you ever had a nightmare that changed you’re though process, or maybe an idea or something else? I’d love to read about it in the comments. Share you’re thoughts below.
If you haven’t done so yet be sure to join me on my mailing list by clicking here. You can also join me on Facebook by clicking here, last, you can suggest a topic for the blog through my email. Do that by clicking here. Until the next time you want to take a trip through the gates of hell and into the demon’s head, I’m Kyle Robinson wishing you a safe trip back to the surface.
October is the dark month of the year. Halloween and general darkness arises through the month of October. I thought what better time of the year to talk about my love of the Horror genre and how Horror has shaped my writing, and why I chose to write with a paranormal flair.
Fear is an interesting emotion. Because Americans, and people in general love to be scared. They pay to watch movies, go to houses, play games, and read books, that scare them. Fear is powerful, fear is angelic.
As a child I lived in a haunted house. I mean a legit haunted house that I believe was inhabited by either some spirts that lived on that land previously. It could have been spirits that were pulled in by my former step-mother who happened to be a bit of a Satanist. (Unknown to my dad before he married her.) Either way, my child hood shaped me to have a bit of a connection to the paranormal world that a lot of people don’t have. It’s one of the reasons that I was drawn to Stephen King as a reader.
As a writer though I wasn’t sure at first what direction my writing would take. Then I wrote my first short story, entitled “The Ghost of Johnny Appleseed” It was likely as horrible as it sounds. (I honestly can’t remember.) but from that point on most of the stuff I wrote had a touch of paranormal flair.
Fast forward to me being an adult and continuing to write. What fuels some of the horror scenes that I’ve crafted like the one from Paper Dolls? It’s very simple, they’re fueled by nightmares. On a constant basis I have some sort of weird ass dream that seems to either spark a story, or has a good place within a story that I’m working on.
I know that this kind of thinking is common place in writers. I don’t know many interviews I read with authors who said that some of their best ideas came to them while they were sleeping. For me it’s some of my most terrifying things that come to me while I’m sleeping.
One of the dreams, which inspired the poem from the 35th floor I can still remember plain as day. I was on one of the floors high in the World Trade Centers as the plane hit I was in an elevator. I heard the commotion and screaming from outside. No one came to save me and the elevator eventually came falling down. I woke up right before it crashed into the ground.
There was another dream where I saw a little girl outside our window staring at me. This little girl is what inspired one of the end scenes in Paper Dolls. But it’s not just dreams that I draw inspiration from. I read a lot of creepy shit and things that kind of get the sparks running in my head.
Some people might think that I’m kind of insane, and maybe to a degree I am. But, I have to say that all of this is what keeps my imagination rolling and sharp. I have to make sure that I’m always in tune with that part of my brain. I love being able to come up with weird things on a constant basis. It makes life interesting, to say the least.
Nightmares are great fuel for stories, and for life. Sometimes, Nightmares can be the thing that saves your life. But, that’s probably me overstating. Have you ever had a nightmare that changed you’re though process, or maybe an idea or something else? I’d love to read about it in the comments. Share you’re thoughts below.
If you haven’t done so yet be sure to join me on my mailing list by clicking here. You can also join me on Facebook by clicking here, last, you can suggest a topic for the blog through my email. Do that by clicking here. Until the next time you want to take a trip through the gates of hell and into the demon’s head, I’m Kyle Robinson wishing you a safe trip back to the surface.