Those who enjoy writing stories, what do you write about?

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I was diagnosed with severe depression during my last year in college, which tested my mental state already (broke up with my ex of three years, exams, writing a thesis, etc.) so in stead of harming myself, I turned to writing.

I've seen some horrible sights, heard some nasty things directed towards me and others, and I've learned some disgusting, foreboding things that have shaken my beliefs in this world. I wanted to channel that disgust, anger, and my depression into something creative to take the pain away momentarily, so I wrote a book.

I'm a horror writer and I primarily deal with realistic situations (rape, molestation, child abuse, murder, kidnapping, depression, self-harming,) and the mainstream friends and crowds I associate with are, needless to say, horrified to hear or read what I have written. i can't even share my creations and work with my family for fear that they will commit me! I began to think that it was a mistake to even write the stories, but I saved them.

I don't mean to freak anybody out, I just want to have people honestly read my work, offer constructive criticism, and if possible, to share it if you know people who would be interested.

My book, The Closet Whisperers, is currently on Amazon. It's for the Kindle, but it's only eight bucks, so it won't break your bank. The money doesn't matter as much as the fact that people honestly read it, so that's all I'm hoping for. if you search for it on Amazon under "The Closet Whisperers," then it'll most likely pop up.

Please let me know what you think of it, I'm anxious to see constructive criticism from anybody interested.

Thank you for reading through this all, it really means a lot.

Best,

Steve

I know this will be a little off-topic, but another idea I have had is to write a graphic novel about Jesus, specifically taking place between the time when He was found in the temple at age 12 and the time when He began His public ministry at the age of 30. As much as I'd like to get the pastor of my church to write this with me, I don't know how to approach him with this idea in a way that he won't feel offended. My intention is to depict Jesus as someone with personality traits similar to Spider-Man, Captain America, and The Incredible Hulk.

Mystery. My life is a mystery. Life is a mystery. All the unknown, that I keep away, I write about.

I don't like mysteries that much for some reason, but I do watch BBC's Sherlock.

My work is unfinished but each book series has themes like self discovery, bad relationships with a parent, bullying, not being popular, being consumed by an alter ego, how relationships don't last sometimes, being the new kid in school, poor body image and things like that with supernatural elements.

I write based on me and people I have met. I also write parody songs. This one was based on a sign outside a science class.

Sphenopaltine ganglioneuralgia,
Even though that frozen drink is really appealing to ya.

If you drink it fast enough, it's really gonna hurt ya....

Sphenopalitine ganglioneuralgia. With apologies to Mary Poppins
More verses to follow.

I mostly write fantasy. Especially taking place during feudal Japan. Japanese history is one of my greatest interests. I just finished a novel, "Snow Tiger" (shameless plus: available on Amazon.com). It's a Japanese historical with a bit of fantasy.

I've created a couple of stories that are all connected to each other at some point. I've got two main characters whose actions cause almost everything related to the other characters. Most of my stories are thrillers, tragedies and dramas while some are a little bit in the fantasy genre.

Aside from the occasional MLP fanfiction, my writing mostly consists of Sci-Fi and/or Fantasy among other genres. Some examples of these are a Sci-Fi reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's original Little Mermaid story (which I currently have a very bareboned version done that I intend to flesh out more), a Sci-Fi dystopian story, a Fantasy series reminiscent of Narnia, a trilogy about a Vampire Vigilante living in Seattle, a drama/romance involving a teen with a terminal illness, and several other ideas. I had to completely abandon a series that I was 2 1/4 stories into because it wasn't working out for me. It was a hard day.