I've been working on a children's book for the past few days. What? You haven't been working on your new movie and skipping out for a kid's book?!? Yeah...and no.
Also been taking a course in Flash. Y'know, Flash, the program that makes some of those cheap lil' cartoons on TV. And the internet. But the internet is for free. Most of the time, I think.
So what's this book thing? Well, I've been trying to do something kinda like Goosebumps. Y'know, scary kids stories. The thing is I've never read a single Goosebumps book in my life because those covers freak me out. There was one with a palish blue skull with hair and eyeballs coming out of a pond...I wanted to go down that aisle in the library but couldn't get past that picture.
But anyway, I'm trying to write my own. I know what you're thinking: how can I write a scary story when I myself am scared of them?
Well, I've been trying to make it scary (and tested it out on some of my friends. Couple of 'em got scared). But It's actually been fun describing the wacky monsters and building suspense. After all, "ahem", there is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
Anyway, what kinda scary are we talking 'bout here? There's violent scary, predominant in most scary stories. But it usually deals with the character dying a horrible death, which I'm not that fond of. Maybe sacrificing their life for the friends but no pointless dying. Makes horrible endings.
There's physical scary, which is why we're scared of Frankenstein and werewolves even if they're idiotically just standing there.
And there's suspense scary. Yeah, I heard Goosebumps use this kind.
Oh, here's a thought: if you had a scary creature described to you in a book but there was no illustration of the beast, would it be as scary?
I think an illustration would kill the scariness because it would just creep you out every time you look at it. Don't you hate it when there's a freaky illustration in a book and you're afraid to read it in fear that you'll come upon that picture? Yeah.
I think it would be more fun if you just read and imagine it. Which wouldn't been as scary but more fun.
So I'm going with physical scary. With no illustrations. Which isn't that scary. Unless you draw it.
Oh, and throw in a bit of that suspense scary for extra zing.
I'll probably post a portion of it some day on this blog...so stay tuned.
Gotta get back to my movie!

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