You, Me, Or Someone Else (Choosing A View Point) It is time to decide if it is you, me, or someone else. Now, we aren’t here to assign blame; it is time to pick a point of view. In a recent post (Delving Into The Black Abyss,) I mentioned that I was considering trying my hand at writing horror. To get an idea on ambiance, I have been reading tales from Ambrose Bierce, H.P. Lovecraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and, yes, Edgar…
“Write out the story–rapidly, fluently, and not too critically–following the second or narrative order synopsis. Change incidents and plot whenever the developing process seems to suggest such change, never being bound by any previous design.”–H.P. Lovecraft
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“The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write.”–Annie Dillard
Delving Into The Black Abyss “The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination”–H.P. Lovecraft My mind truly is filled with a tempest of thoughts most of my waking hours. I am like a frenzied butterfly going from one flower of ideas to the other, and it makes getting any long-term writing projects finished close to impossible. In recent weeks, my mind has been circling the idea of attempting a horror story. I…
“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.”–Edgar Allen Poe