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March 16^th

Journal entry 3

I can’t believe Lauren didn’t pick up on that.

You wouldn’t really think it to look at her, and most of her friends would be absolutely shocked to hear it, but creepypasta and nosleep and all that sort of stuff is totally her thing.

I know about Slender Man. I remember when it was massive, when there were new photoshops on reddit and somethingawful pretty much every day, when loads of people were writing really average stories about him and arguing about what he was and what he could do. I watched Marble Hornets, for fuck’s sake.

I don’t think that’s what I was thinking about when I wrote that section. To be honest, I don’t even really know what the thing in the forest was going to turn out to be, I just knew there needed to be something in there that Stephen would have to confront if he wanted to get Mary Cooper back. I think that’s why I left it so vague, so I would have time to think of something good by the time I actually got to that bit.

But I can see what the guy who commented is talking about. The thin, spindly shape in the dark, the missing teenage girl, something that almost seemed to be a shadow until it moved.

I’m not sure whether I should change it or not. I don’t know if I’ll actually ever show it to anyone else, despite Lauren getting on my case to do so, but if I do I don’t want them thinking I’m writing some cheap Slender Man fanfic. Although – to be fair – if I do show it to Professor Trevayne I really don’t think it’s a reference he’s likely to pick up on …

I mean, everything comes from somewhere else. Nobody is immune to influences, even if they don’t know they’re being influenced. Everyone steals cool bits from other things, and then steal even more without knowing they’re doing it. But this was the first thing I’d written in a while that I was even a little bit happy with, and I don’t like the thought of anyone thinking I ripped it off from some fucking online forum.

I don’t know. I’ll sleep on it.

I’m sure it will be clearer in the morning.

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