by A.J. Klein | Apr 11, 2016 | Inspiration
In this week’s horror story setting inspiration post, I have several photos to share. As mentioned in my previous post covering a bridge in a town where I used to live, I also photographed inspiration for body dump locations near an overpass on that same trip....
by A.J. Klein | Apr 5, 2016 | Inspiration
For this week’s horror story setting inspiration, let’s look at a bridge I visited while scouting potential body dump locations. (Why do I seem to know so many places that would be good for that?) One of my cousins recommended this place, and it was a gold...
by A.J. Klein | Mar 26, 2016 | Inspiration
Today’s story setting inspiration photo is a bit different than the others. Instead of being focused on a certain place, its emphasis is on what could be right in front of your face without you even realizing it. I took this photo shortly after a snow and ice...
by A.J. Klein | Mar 24, 2016 | Inspiration
For the latest story setting inspiration photo, I took a shot of a local reservoir, Lake Ontelaunee, back in February. It was an odd day to say the least. The temperature was heading into the mid-60s, like an early Spring day. Yet the reservoir was still frozen over...
by A.J. Klein | Mar 14, 2016 | Inspiration, Works in Progress
In two recent posts I talked about a screenplay I’m working on and how my own unfinished nursery influenced one scene in the story. In the former I mentioned I’d be going up to NY for the day and photographing some points of interest in my hometown in...
by A.J. Klein | Mar 9, 2016 | Inspiration
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by A.J. Klein | Mar 8, 2016 | Inspiration
I had a tough time deciding whether or not to write this post. And in 12 years of blogging, this is the only post that’s ever brought me to tears and forced me to stop working on it multiple times. It’s a simple photo inspiration post, so no big deal,...
by A.J. Klein | Mar 6, 2016 | Works in Progress
A couple of weeks ago I began work on a new project that I’m quite excited about — a slasher screenplay. There are two reasons for my excitement: screenplays are a new project type for me (having started, but never finished, one previously), and it gave me...
by A.J. Klein | Feb 19, 2016 | Inspiration
To continue the photo series on story setting inspiration, today I’d like to share a series of four photos. These were taken in Milford, Connecticut — a New England town my Puritan minister ancestor founded in the 1600s, and the town whose cemetery I...
by A.J. Klein | Feb 8, 2016 | Inspiration
Last week I shared a photo taken from my front door, explaining how the setting I write in can inspire emotions and settings in the stories I write. Today’s story setting inspiration is a photo from the other side of my house — the woods running deep...