I had always been a songwriter and poet. I wrote silly depressing poems and thought of myself as a tortured artist and musician when I was a teen. I started making money as a songwriter while still a teen, but when the money stopped, I moved into acting.
I ended up in musical theater. I enjoyed performing for thousands, but always thought the stories were insipid and wished I had better material to perform, so I decided to write an opera - a bloody, gothic, horror opera. I had no clue how to do it, so I thought I should put it in screenplay format first...just to see if the story was strong enough on its own to sustain a musical adaptation.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed the process and realized immediately that I was meant to write in this form. I tried a few comedies, a family drama and a sitcom, and then wrote another gothic horror script and realized that THIS is where I belong.
24 feature-length screenplays later, I've finally moved into short fiction. Check out the link to my short THE FLESH SHOW
http://www.buried.com/cgi-bin/horror...on=view&id=611