Creepy but also honest. This is the kind of thing that does happen, if not often in such a well-documented way. What really got me is that he decided to move close without letting her know. Also, wild flow events with this spanning only two days (barring however long the first entries took).
Thank you!! It does happen and that unknown can be so scary. Kind of like being afraid of the dark. It's not the darkness that's scary, it's what you can't see that is. She was mentally in the dark about the danger that was lurking so close. I was trying to express the fact that he had moved closer to her and the new proximity to her had escalated his obsession to a much higher level and made him that much more dangerous. :)
Thank you so much!! I wanted to do the diary because I wanted it to be from "his" perspective only until the very end. Plus I wanted to leave some "guessing" as to what went down once he got to her apartment. And of course the whole "He's still out there" factor! I'm so glad you liked it! :)
I didn't expect it to end that way. I was expecting heartbreak and hence the counselling. So, yeah the end did take me by surprise. I like the fact that you used a newspaper article and diary to convey this. Nice format!
Thank you!! :) I like to have a bit of a twist at the end. I try to hint a bit throughout, but I'm a sucker for a surprise ending and I guess that carries over to what I write too. That was the first time I tried writing in a format like this so I'm really happy it translated! ;)
My hunch about Joe was totally right! You really captured the mindset so very well.
I've had a few stalkers in the past and the worst one was called Joe :O He stands out as the worst one because he genunely did seem to think there was some sort of relationship between us, whereas the other two didn't actually think that. He basically harassed me for the better part of a year. When I decided I was done walking on eggshells because he wasn't getting the message that I a) had a boyfriend and b) wasn't interested, I told him to leave me alone and he sent me a message saying "Well, it's over then" and that was so chilling to me. He then proceeded to send me about 15 more messages saying how he'd seen every therapist in the area... Itstill creeps me out when I give it a lot of thought, especially as he knew where I lived, would walk by there frequently and tried to lure me to his place (he lived close by) and he knew I was 16 (15 when it started) and he was 40!.
I'm so sorry you had that experienec! I really feel for you! It is scary and it takes a long time to not look over your shoulder constantly. "Well, it's over then" would have scared me to the core. Those words carry so much in that situation. I'm very happy that you got away from the guy (sorry his name was Joe in the story) and were able to move on without it getting violent. Go you for putting your foot down and not letting him have control over your life! That took a lot of courage and I really admire that! <3
It is scary and it takes a long time to not look over your shoulder constantly. It definitely does. For a long time after that I always felt like I had to be on guard when I'd be walking around outside because he lived and worked nearby and the internet cafe' where we met and where he would go every evening, was also nearby , so for a long time after that it was like a horrible game of look-out-for-joe whenever I was outside :\
(sorry his name was Joe in the story) absolutely no need to apologize! <33
"Well, it's over then" would have scared me to the core. Those words carry so much in that situation. Argh, IKR! My first instinct was "Wait... What?!" and I did actually send back "What exactly does it's over mean?!" because I wanted confirmation of this just in case I needed it as evidence, plus wanted to know exactly what he meant because, having a tendency to be paranoid anyway it did cross my mind that he might try and physically do something to me if he thought of that as final rejection. That fact that he thought we had a
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This is great! I love the format of this. And I did not see that end coming. When it got to the elevator/calling the landlord part, I knew something was off, and when he then went to fix her computer and she was talking about her plans, I was like 'oh my god it's totally an imaginary relationship!' but I didn't think he was going to kill her. Yikes!
Thank you so much!! :) I'm so happy the format worked! I wasn't sure how it was going to end when I first started, but getting into his head space made the ending inevitable. Now I find myself wondering if he actually decided to stay on the run or if killing her made him take his life also... I'm going to have to go back to this one at some point. ;)
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I was trying to express the fact that he had moved closer to her and the new proximity to her had escalated his obsession to a much higher level and made him that much more dangerous. :)
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That was the first time I tried writing in a format like this so I'm really happy it translated! ;)
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I've had a few stalkers in the past and the worst one was called Joe :O He stands out as the worst one because he genunely did seem to think there was some sort of relationship between us, whereas the other two didn't actually think that. He basically harassed me for the better part of a year.
When I decided I was done walking on eggshells because he wasn't getting the message that I a) had a boyfriend and b) wasn't interested, I told him to leave me alone and he sent me a message saying "Well, it's over then" and that was so chilling to me. He then proceeded to send me about 15 more messages saying how he'd seen every therapist in the area... Itstill creeps me out when I give it a lot of thought, especially as he knew where I lived, would walk by there frequently and tried to lure me to his place (he lived close by) and he knew I was 16 (15 when it started) and he was 40!.
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(sorry his name was Joe in the story) absolutely no need to apologize! <33
"Well, it's over then" would have scared me to the core. Those words carry so much in that situation. Argh, IKR! My first instinct was "Wait... What?!" and I did actually send back "What exactly does it's over mean?!" because I wanted confirmation of this just in case I needed it as evidence, plus wanted to know exactly what he meant because, having a tendency to be paranoid anyway it did cross my mind that he might try and physically do something to me if he thought of that as final rejection. That fact that he thought we had a ( ... )
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