Not too long ago, I posted my latest big story called "I Should Have Kept My Promise To Annie." Well, now I'm here to explain a few things from the story.
First of all: the idea. How could an such an seemingly innocent middle schooler come up with such a horrific story? A nightmare. It's that simple. I had the worst nightmare I've ever had back in March. It took me hours to write it all down in my dream-recording journal, but I'm glad I did, so I recalled all the small details, and beefed them up a bit for a story. In said dream, I played the role of Kyler Hunt, the protagonist. Only, my dream ended with me rocking Annie to sleep and promising to protect her. I haven't seen her since, but I still try to keep my promise as best I can, you know, while not having seen her in a while. For the purposes of it being a horror story, I added in the whole "Kyler breaking her promise" part.
Second thing to clear up: the characters. Kyler is a teenage girl with anxiety issues. I also experience anxiety, but not to the extent that Kyler does. Our mutual anxiety symptoms are "tummy troubles" and a racing heart. The reason that Kyler gets anxious is because she has somewhat of a sixth sense; she can tell when something is wrong. I just get anxiety when I have an appearance to keep up. :/ Also about the characters: Annie and Jacob are siblings in the story, that get along really well. You'll see me do that a lot in my stories, create siblings that actually get along. (i.e. Kat and Joey, Annie and Jacob, and coming soon, Taran and Jenna) I do that because it's actually sort of rare, from my experience. :>
Lastly, I want to talk about the real location of where this story takes place. In my nightmare, I was at my grandmother's house in Mattoon, located in Central Illinois, not in Karnak, which is in Southern Illinois. Karnak, Effingham, and Chicago(obviously) are all real places.
For my next post, I will share some information about Jacob and Annie. (And how to know if they are haunting you)
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