Eight of Top 8 Horror Movies for Horror Screenwriters

There are many options to becoming a horror writer.

There’s writing a book, writing for comic books, writing for TV or writing a screenplay for a movie.  I have read that you don’t need any special schooling to be a screenwriter. Film schools usually offer screenwriting classes – if we feel we need that training.

Even the local colleges here offer screenwriting classes.  The Santa Rosa Junior College offers a basic screenwriting class, while Sonoma State University offers classes through their Communications Studies program.

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They even have a local screenwriters chapter with their own Facebook page, called Northern California Screenwriters.

Do I take these kinds of courses or continue with my medical classes?

Which leads to better employment opportunities?

David Barnett, a horror screenwriter says that his writing process for horror films is a grueling process.

Would I even want to go through that?

This is where I am stuck.  The dream or the paycheck.

In the meantime, I’ve been thinking about horror movies and submit to you a top 8 selection that you may want to consider putting in your Netflix queue for Halloween -

1. Dawn of the Dead – 1978, Written and Directed by George A. Romero
2. Halloween – 1978, Directed by John Carpenter
3. Night of the living Dead – 1968, Directed by Dean Lachiusa & George Romero
4. Psycho – 1960, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
5. The Shining – 1980, Directed by Stanley Kubrick
6. Nightmare on Elm Street – 1984, Directed by Wes Craven
7. Friday the 13th – 1980, Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
8. The Exorcist – 1973, Directed by William Friedkin

While you are enjoying these movies Ill be over here trying to figure out what to do with all this.  I know I can do my dream, but can I do my dream while going to school and job hunting too?

I am beginning to think that I will have to set my dream of writing horror stories aside while I look for a job.

The stress messes with my creative energy and makes me feel like I have nothing to offer 8 Women Dream.

Why do we think this way?

What are your thoughts?

Dawnda

Dawnda’s dream was to get some piece of writing published in 2009.  She left the 8 Women Dream group in 2009 to focus on finding full-time employment.  We consider her an accomplished dreamer as she published her thoughts here and began her own scary stories blog at www.killeryarns.com.

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