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Since the nun wore a religious vestment, I kept religion as a central plot of the story. It was a matter of life and death, good versus evil. Simple James Wan logic. So, I did something unexpected. I wrote a part of the story, where Treena sees the shadow on the wall. Ideas kept flowing through my head, guiding me like an invisible force. I kept typing. I stopped writing till the part where the apparition threatened her if she wasn't quiet. After I finished writing the draft in the IG comment section, I wrote it down in my book and deleted it.

The story is inspired by Uber Facts IG post. It featured Vera Farmiga standing in a room that had the portrait of the demonic nun behind her. Lorraine was looking down at something. I immediately got an idea of writing another horror story keeping the demonic nun in mind.

Then began the process of writing the plotlines before Treena saw the shadow on the wall. If you've read the story description, you will know Treena's father sent his daughter to a convent school. The other reason I used religion as a plot point was that I had never written any Wattpad story about religion. Then I added Jennifer as her dorm mate and gave her a backstory with her own set of problems. I described the architecture of the convent school, making it look spooky. Then I added the suspicious-looking nun and the innocent Principal.

The part where Treena is attacked by a snake was very difficult to write as I was having writer's block. The demon tried to kill her several times. But someone or rather something was acting as a protective force for Treena. Then I wrote the past of the school. If you've read the story, you'll know how the story goes back to the 1800s, where a family of five. I have never written a story that had eighteen-century lingo in it, so I asked a friend for help. I should ask my editor if she knew how to write such a story. To my luck, she told me she was familiar with the lingo.

I named the book 'Come, Dark' was because there was another Wattpad book with the same name. I had not read the book, so I don't know what the story is about. The only difference in the title is a comma. I chose to insert a comma in the title as if someone invited the darkness to live amongst the family. If you've read the story, you'll know how the youngest daughter confided in one of her sisters about Agatha. About the chapter titles, I thought of doing something different. I named each chapter after the shades of dark. If you go through the Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus, you will find that the word 'dark' has many synonyms. I used those synonyms as the title of each chapter.

Well, that was all I had to talk about my writing journey on Wattpad. I hope you liked reading it. Let me know in the comments below.

I don’t know when I will be back with a new book. I have already written the plot lines of a horror novel. It involves LGBTQIA references. I have already named two of the the characters for now. I hope I can get back to writing one day.

Till then, goodbye for now!

XOXO,

Alizey.

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Now let’s move on to part two. Sorry for keeping you waiting. I had other work to look into.

In September 2018, I watched 'Howl' (2015). It a British-indie horror flick by Paul Hyett on the television. I had to watch it three times to memorize the dialogues. The film lacked in its dialogue but was an average watch. The best part about the film was the werewolves' costume design. The background score was also very good.

I felt that Howl wasn't worth writing a fanfic about. The characters in the movie kept shouting when the train derailed in the middle of the forest. I loved the male protagonist, Joe Griffins (played by Edward Speelers). He saved the film from being a complete flop. He sacrificed himself by protecting Ellen (Holly Weston) at the end of the movie. I was so moved by it. I convinced myself that I had to write a fanfic.

I wrote a fanfic for 'Howl' because the film didn't receive that much exposure it needed. When I thought about it, I felt that I had to give some justice to elevate its status. The film's depiction of strangers trapped in a claustrophobic train was the best part I had ever seen. The way Joe dealt with the problem was something that I liked about the film.

The old cover for the book (if you see in the media above), had the font of the digital railway clock. I was searching for a Pinterest image that had a moving train shot as a blur. There were one or two good quality images that fit the exact requirements. After the editing, I thought that why not make changes to the original trailer. I had no idea how to edit the trailer, so I downloaded the trailer for safekeeping. Then in May 2017, I visited my cousin from another village, and he had this Adobe Premiere Pro. I told him I was making a trailer for my Wattpad book, and he uploaded the trailer on the software. I told him to add the captions between the scenes. I removed some scenes from the original trailer and added Wattpad's logo at the end.

I intended to post the video on YouTube, but it got flagged down due to copyright rules. I decided to post it on IG highlights, but the end part got chopped out somehow…I don't know. One year later, I changed the cover, and I don't plan on altering it. See it below:

The reason I named the book 'The Contagion' was because, in the book, one of the train passengers gets bitten by a werewolf. The woman is later transformed into a werewolf establishing the fact that the bite is 'contagious in nature'.