I write in a different genre than what I read.

I come from a musical background. You could say the first creative work I ever took was learning how to play the drums. At a very young age, I was fortunate enough to make friends who shared the same interests as I did, listened to the same genres, and played different instruments. Soon, we, as a group of high schoolers, formed a band, and our first release was a very noble effort for a debut song. People liked it, played it in their cars, and shared it with their friends. Soon after, a dream was born.

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Fast forward to our senior years in college, our band released its tenth song, a single, which, by some stroke of luck, made waves in the underground community. People played it in their cars again, and that dream didn't seem so distant. However, nobody is immune to bad luck. And due to reasons outside our control, we never released any material for three whole years. In our current digital age, for up-and-coming artists, this was practically suicide. We didn't capitalize on the momentum that that successful single created, and the spark that could've lit a fire didn't get any oxygen. People grew out of liking their songs, stopped playing them in their cars, and there was nothing to share anymore. The dream slept for a while.

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Our long streak of bad luck finally ended, and we came back with a fiery banger of a release. Well, more of another spark, but after years of drought, a drop of water can be the cause of unimaginable hope for the thirsty— and we were very thirsty. The problem was that the general audience wasn't. Make no mistake, I'm not blaming the crowds for our failure. I'm just explaining how a lack of marketing, a staggering momentum, and a string of bad luck can be the biggest hindrances to success, because I'm incredibly confident that our music was far from bad.

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What does this have to do with the title of this blogspot? Well, the reason our music wasn't bad was that we never listened to the genre we were playing. Instead, we drew inspiration from a diverse range of musical genres. Our sounds were original. Our ideas were creative. And our style was unique. This isn't my own opinion. This was the common feedback we received from the small number of groups who listened to us. When you record a guitar take, a bad-sounding input will always result in a bad-sounding output, no matter how talented the sound engineer is. This principle also applies to the creative process, whether it involves painting, filmmaking, music composition, or creative writing. What goes into your mind as input greatly influences your output, and you end up with something special. If your input is bland, no amount of post-production work, editing, or proofreading can fix that.

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That's why my favorite genres to read are fantasy, sci-fi, and historical fiction, while I prefer writing horror, psychological thrillers, and paranormal stories. I'm not saying that this should be the norm. Everybody has their own writing psychology. However, this is mine, and I hope it yields a favorable outcome for my readers.

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