Well, today turned out to be more productive than I'd thought it would be. I've been in a bit of a creative slump as of late (one of the reasons I'm writing this blog), but today brought with it a welcomed change of pace. I sat down on a bench by the pond in my backyard, and started brainstorming in an empty journal, jotting down whatever ideas popped into my head. I started with a simple idea, and ran with it until I found myself, 2 hours and 5 scribble-covered notebook pages later, enjoying what I was doing! I'm not sure if it was the change in environment, energy, or just because an idea clicked, but I made a lot of progress compared to what I've done lately.
I'll be honest; coming up with material for this blog was a bit of a chore. Nothing really seemed too appealing, and I'd seemingly lost all motivation. I managed to come up with a few fun posts (to be shared at a later date), but that was over the course of a month or so. I was planning on posting one of my favorites, titled "Being Human," later tonight, but I'll be pushing that off until a little later this week now that I've found something else to write about!
As some people know, I've been writing a story based on a dream that I had a few years ago, appropriately (and plainly (and temporarily)) titled The Dream, but it's been on hold for the past few months while I wrote The Fall of Leon S. Kennedy on relyonhorror.com. Well, I made a bunch of progress with Dream today, mapping out the next several scenes in the story, and I'm happy to say that it's really find its direction again. I had a great time revisiting my characters, it's been a while. Josh's mind is crazier than ever, and I can't wait to actually get to write these scenes. I don't want to give too much away yet, and no one really knows what I'm talking about anyway, so I'm just going to stop myself there.
However, that wasn't the only thing filling up my notebook, as I had originally set out with the objective of outlining a short film. After talking about with a friend about writing, he gave me the idea that a short video or series might be a fun challenge, and after some thought, I think I may have come up with a pretty neat idea. The short film is going to be its own story, despite being based on a minor scene from Dream, which was inspired heavily by what I've been noticing about my family life lately. The film will expand on that, and kind of explore what happens once a family falls apart, or "dies," so to speak.
So, I'm not sure if I've rediscovered my motivation just yet, but I'm feeling pretty damn good about how today went. Tomorrow, I'll be back to give my thoughts on this year's E3, or Electronic Entertainment Expo for those of you who aren't video game nerds. Now, I'm off to do some editing on relyonhorror.com, and if I have the chance, start typing up those scenes of The Dream!
BC
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