Getting out of the confort zone

Getting in the Fall season is hitting me hard, as usual.  My way around that?  Reading some comfort mental reading: mainly old gothic novels.  Strangely as it sound, it have an uplifting effect on me.  There are some of them (the classics) have some twisted plots as I like them.  We don't see all that is coming but there are some times where I could see what is comming, near the end.  Some of the twists makes me smile.

This year, I want to add on on the experience.  I want to get out of the box.  I want to try writing in a different genre.  Maybe more convincing horror with some element of gothic.  I tried in other genre in the past but it wasn't really convincing nor very successful.  The main genre I write is fantasy with some little science fiction (usually at the beginning and/or the end).  I tried my hand, two years ago, in erotica but I was not prepared in my usual way and I felt into some porn before finding the threads of my story.  It was fun to write more freely.  This year, I want to write a story that parallel the one I wrote last year.  Last year, it was a bit more action, even if the story isn't to my satisfaction.  I can add more action to the story.

This year, I want to go more into horror.  The story will suit well with the horror: there will be werewolves in the story.  I won't put too much gore.    I don't want to write about pool of blood everywhere.  As last year, I want it to be part of a secretive research lab.  I think it was four years ago, I wrote about the section on psychic research.  Last year, I did the part on zombie research with an zombie apocalypse (it was on controling the young zombie population.  With the twist on the zombie that I had, it was more action than horror).  This year, I want it to be on the werewolves research.  So, with the werewolves, there is a dangerous part even if I want to put a 'tribe' component to the pack of werewolves.  The threats could be from outside.  I have to do some more brainstorm on the story.  I have already the setting/world and many characters.  I just have to work on the story.  I feel that I will have less work for this project.