My Secret Indulgence–Ghost Hunters

March 24, 2008 by
Filed under: Lessons Learned 

OK, I’ll admit it.  While I don’t watch such drivel like American Idol, The Bachelor, or any of those other lame reality shows, I do watch one, whether or not it can be called reality is subject to debate.  My secret indulgence is Ghost Hunters.  Deep down inside of me is that part of me that likes to be frightened.  I love a good ghost story.  I suppose that too was the inspiration for my geocaching travel bug, Haunted America Travel Bug.

Anyway, Ghost Hunters.  For those of you that haven’t seen the show, it’s about a team of paranormal investigators who investigate accounts of alleged hauntings.  They claim to be different in that they go into a case to debunk a story rather than prove it.  Adds some credence to their work.  Along the way, they do encounter evidence, again though with a mind to prove whether something natural caused the phenomenon or if it is indeed paranormal. 

Now assuming everything you see is real, they’ve come up with some compelling evidence.  Their investigation at Fort Mifflin sent shivers up my spine in part because I understood the feelings of exploring cave like settings from my own experience as a caver.  I’m not saying I’m a believer, but much as made me take pause.  So how does this help my writing?  Again as with reading ghost stories to see how they convince me as a reader of the existence of a ghost, a TV show like Ghost Hunters makes me look at how to convince readers of something they may not believe in on a visual level.  How do they convince me?  That is a powerful tool in writing–convincing readers of the reality of your story and that’s why I watch Ghost Hunters.

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