Why I started with the Horror Genre

In all honestly, the first story I ever wrote was back in sixth grade, I think, where I wrote a story about a killer doll. It was small short thing, and I'm not exactly sure why I wrote it. Freshman year of high school, I indulged myself to read urban legends online. This went on to listening and reading terrifying things that not many other people can withstand. I did this every night, and I did this for such a long while, but I never understood why. I just found it all interesting. I also remembered that I spent a lot of my time watching "Investigation Discovery" on TV. I learn so much about the occult, the strange, kidnappings, gruesome murders, serial killers, etc. I only wante dto learn more, and I would spend time reading files on the most notorious acts of murder and insanity.

My Sophomore year of high school, I had a class on Honors Classical Literature and Composition. The teacher was very fond of letting students do their own creative writing in class, and every friday, she'd let the students share any stories they wanted to share. I was never comfortable with my own writing, but it wasn't until then and her encouragement that I began to translate any and everything I had learned about the strange and mysterious into my own stories. I remember I had always wanted to be a detective because of it. However, my life goals ended up changing, and I knew now, I wanted to write stories. After sharing my first few stories, my class absolutely loved it. My teacher would tell me that I have a talent for writing stories the way I do. She encouraged me to follow along with this talent that ultimately became my passion.

Now, why horror? It's because it is the topic I most indulged myself in. It is the stories that kept me up at night. it is the thing that I wanted to learn more and more about it. Of course, later on it would change into other things. The strange and mysterious aren't just for horror, it can also be for science fiction or fantasy. That's why there's action-horror, scifi-horror, fantasy-horror, etc. Horror doesn't just stay in one thing where it's only just horror. It's all about how many different situations can a character find themselves in and how terrifying would it be.

A person's everyday life can have horror in it. The footsteps you might hear coming from upstairs but no one lives there. The basement where you feel like someone is breathing on your neck but could just be a breeze. The person staring at you from across the street could potentially be find their next target. The world of horror is endless. Their may be so many cliches portrayed in today's movies and stories. However, horror is around every corner. It's been on the mind of humans for so long since the beginnings of time.

I do have my own silly fears of mine. I know everyone does. However, a person must engage in the pool of fears in order to find something that is incredibly opportunistic. The moment you can snatch on to that idea, you have something that can work out. Horror is the genre where facing your own fears are the pinnacle to endless writing.