Friday, March 18, 2005
A Musing
Okay, summer officially started and to kick things off, my friends and I, XS peeps and blockmates alike, met up at 129 for a good dota game. It was cool, got some kills here and there but apparently, team brings victory and my team wasn't doing all to well cuz of hangovers or whatever.
But anyways, I have begun writing GHOSTS once again, officially. YES! It's fun, I got the layout all done yesterday for Dream Machine and I dreamt on the idea for the new Syndicate Wars since that series was all messed up. In any case, Dream Machine will feature where I left things off with Scion and the other Orphans and though I will be screaming my brains out trying to put it all together, I still think it's a story worth letting other people know. It's cool, I'd suggest you read it if you can bear it hahaha, everyone says its good anyways.
It is now officially 4 years since I began writing. There were those sucky stories I made that weren't finished and now, I find myself in the same course only with more concrete goals of actually finishing what I have been writing. Don't ask me, I think every aspiring writer gets those periods when he's far into the story then he stops and thinks that the story sucks after all but what differs is that there are stories that do finish and stories that don't, I intend to finish. So, four years to cook up a story AND get started, sounds good, wouldn't have it any other way. Of course, my friends support me and they really think I can do this (right? or am i kidding myself?) if this story doesn't attract the eyes of other people, I guess it wouldn't matter but I would really want other people to read it and give an opinion about it, it makes it feel that your writing was worthwhile and if they learn something new from your story, all the better.
GHOSTS... a story with so many emotions attached and I seem to be coming to this story for four years, never letting it go. So maybe this is a story meant to be finished. With the cast of the Orphans (who resemble my friends oh so much) and their personal demons and society, how can I pry myself from stopping? I don't know about you but writing your story has a special pride attached to it that seem to say that "This is my story, let it be told" so I always encourage my friends to write just as they encourage me.
Berk indirectly encouraged me to write. He is the creator of Mirage, FN, and all sorts of works I coulndn't compare myself to and then there's Ryan, who is just beginning the practice creating for himself, the Star Light Generator Series. I hope I get to know more of these people as I trek through life. And sure, my meager GHOSTS series may not compare with great stories by the bigwigs of literature, but it's enough really, to be recognized of a story you made. Eh, maybe I just want recognition.
But then, doesn't everybody?
Riding the Lightning
7:09 PM
