Hello folks, and a very happy 2015 to you all.
It's back to the madhouse for me as work seems to just be going at full pelt after what feels like too short a break. December to mid January is usually pretty busy for me so I'm hoping things at least level off for the middle of the month.
However, it's not stopped me in my writing goals. Sure, my set goal of 250 words per week seems small, but I can easily forsee days when I don't want to write anything at all. In fact, I'm really quite surprised I managed it so easily already.
My drabble came from a bolt of inspiration that struck in a conversation with @Macksaur on Tuesday evening about potential ideas for games. I'm not a coder, despite how much I enjoyed messing about with Beyond for the Gishwhes entry, and making a game myself is something that I feel would just be beyond my capabilities. But I like writing narratives. And I love the idea of a work of interactive fiction, whether it be a choose your own adventure story or something much like a game. Even television and Youtube to some extent is interactive, moreso in Youtubes case depending on the channel.
I like the idea that writing can be flexible without completely destroying what came before too. You only need to go into a comic book store to see how reboots can be utilised to positive or damaging results. I think that when I write I get very stuck on what I think should happen that I may be missing out on potential stories.
And I hate missing out on stories.
It's one of the reasons that- despite abandoning it at random intervals- I really like updating this blog. There's a certain freedom that comes from just spewing thoughts out regardless of decorum and I feel like I have a somewhat more fluid method of writing when I sit down to just amble through some thoughts and text, with just a quick read through before publishing. Rarely do I sit down with a topic and plot it out for you all to read, preferring to jump from topic to whatever topic floats through my mind like Muhammad Ali. It's somewhat freeing.
So, over the weekend I'll probably try expanding on my 250 words and see if I can get something cohesive out of it. If not then it at least sparked about 20 different story ideas that are currently vying for attention in my small, small brain. But for just now, back to work!
Take care and thanks for reading.
So, over the weekend I'll probably try expanding on my 250 words and see if I can get something cohesive out of it. If not then it at least sparked about 20 different story ideas that are currently vying for attention in my small, small brain. But for just now, back to work!
Take care and thanks for reading.
