Prologue

Now that I finally own a piece of the internet, I have to figure out what to do with my corner of the sky. Writing is a challenge, but figuring out what the topic is going to be is even harder. I always hated creative writing projects where the teacher’s assignment was “Just write about anything.” No! Give me direction. Put me in a box so I can think outside of it. Tell me my topic is unreliable, disjointed, and boring, so I can prove you wrong. 

I haven’t been able to actually sit down to write in awhile. I could continue to blame my job, but that’s taking the easy way out. Instead I realize that I need to refocus the energy I use in my job to a different part of my brain. I used to use all my brain for my work. Logic, creativity, multitasking, learning, exploring. Every neuron seemed to be drowning in an endless barrage of data and information coming at me for 8+ hours a day. By the time I left my desk, I was too tired to think of anything else. Months and months of this wore me down. Then a planned vacation away from everything even remotely related to my job happened. Everything I used to think about creativity was reiterated back to me by people I’d known most of my life. Their encouragement may have been echoes from their past impressions of my, but it was what I needed at that moment.

So tomorrow, I will challenge myself to post for an entire month straight. This is not going to be easy, because I’ve picked a topic that terrifies me: Horror films. I figure if I’m going to jump into the deep end of the pool, the water might as well be murky. While I know this “experiment” has been done before on hundreds of homemade blogs, my spin might be different. People who usually watch a scary movie a day actually LOVE them. I hate them. I have no exact reason, but hopefully this challenge will help my pinpoint why. Most of my posts will be satirical, but I am in no way making fun of an entire beloved genre. People have different tastes, and I appreciate the entire film making process.

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