Ahh, yes. Another year gone by...

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I wish I had more to reminisce about... o.o

And what about resolutions? Bah. I was never into new year's resolutions. Mostly because I'm too afraid to try and make one, only to later fail it and just be depressed about it. Like, I could make a resolution to write something, but if I did then I would worry about trying to keep it, get frustrated if I couldn't think of anything, and finally be sad when it never got done. Why put myself through that? I'd probably get something done if I didn't try and pressure myself into doing it. Then again, pressure is not always a bad thing. Sometimes it's really good to have someone or something give you a bit of pressure because it sometimes makes you get things done, or makes you try things you otherwise would not. But no, I'm not going to try and bully myself into writing something. On this particular subject I don't think that would really work, though encouragement from others might help me a little.

Ahh, to the real topic: my writing. After a bit of thinking, I think I might have something of a story in my head. As I walk around here late at night (by here I mean at the complex where I do patrols) my mind wanders away. I think about all kinds of things: friends, D&D, cthulhu (I told you, I have a problem -.- ), and on what I could write about. During my walk tonight I suddenly got the inkling of a story in my head. Working slowly so as not to scare the idea off, I gradually began to unravel this idea, piece by piece. I forgot my notebook (AGAIN) so I'm going to try and work out a story board on some computer paper and see where it leads me.

It's kinda funny because usually, I get an idea and I jump right into it, fervoriously writing out the first chapter of the story. Once it's done and I stop to rest, however, I rapidly begin to lose the original feel for what I wanted and where I was going with it. This time around I stopped and slowly tried to form something more than just a beginning. The process is remarkably similiar to how I devise my stories for my D&D games. I come up with an idea, then I try to map out the possible paths that my players may take to eventually achieve the overall goal of the story.

I think I've got something here, so I'm gonna go and see what I can make of it.

In the meantime, Happy New Years out there.

Let's see how 2007 turns out for me.

--Continued--

I have fleshed out my overall very generic plot diagram and story board. I think I'm ready to start this thing. However, since I do not have a computer of my own, I think I will be writing it out as a continually updated scraps item until I finish it and transfer it over to an actual deviation. I think I'll ask that it be paid no real attention (unless you absolutely MUST see it) until I begin to finish it up and maybe ask for an editor.

Alright, on to it then.