block

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will." ~ George Bernard Shaw

ideas come and go, like taxi cabs during peak hours. try to grab one, and you're left with a fleeting glimspe of the whole thing. some people attribute the ability to fulfil these ideas as creativity, others as imagination. all i know is, i've been scolded for daydreaming too many times during my younger days to be concerned with what others say.

it always ends up as a story these days, these ideas of mine. different types of stories; different settings, different people, different meanings. some come easy, like taking a book and finding the pages beign written already, but most just arrives with an inkling of the main plot.

if i'm thinking about creating a vast world, in a ancient fantasy background, complete with fantasy creatures, it'd be easy. with all the task of creation, its like playing god in my mind. who to make powerful, who to kill, etc, etc. but when i stumble upon an idea, or a drift of an idea, set in real life, or mirroring real life, its hard to come out with something solid, something substantial. i have the main plot, what the whole thing's going to be about, i have a clear view on what i want to tell, but its like getting the body of the story. you'd think it would be easy. you'd think wrong. the hardest part comes with formulating a credible begining, setting of the whole mood, whole feel of the story. its like, 'do i set it in LA, or Tokyo?' or 'this surroundings doesnt really suit what i want, now that i think of it.' this is usually the part i come in with a massive stop sign in my head stating "block" in big bold red letters. its hard to get round this block, and my success rate with it is less than favourable.

damn this block.