Where To Go From Here

I just spent about ten minutes staring blankly at my screen, waiting for a witty title for the new blog to smack me square in the bake but, unfortunately, it never came (...that's what she said).

 I have several notions of what direction I'm going in, but that's the thing: Currently, that's all they are; notions. They're subject to change, be it only slightly or drastically. That's the whole point of pre-production. You develop and you draft and re-draft and re-draft.

 I like to go on danders. I don't what it is or why, but it helps to get the creativity in my brain flowing. Ill always get these random scenes in my head of, well, just about anything that I might be able to flesh out in some media form or another. The sources are usually from my memories, of course, whether it was originally sparked by something that I saw, heard someone say, or an incident or two that I experienced recently or a long, long time ago - maybe it's recurring and this is a way to exploit it from my system. From there, I just need to know how to flesh it out properly so that the scene has more meaning, more context to it than just a stand alone situation with no sort of anchorage whatsoever.

 I've been excited for this project all year (for the bulk of last year as well, actually) because I get to really explore everything that's been running through my head in association with what I've done and learned (or is it 'learnt'? Eee-ther, Aye-ther) up until this point.

 One way of looking at it is a big 'X' on a map. But the stupid map is blank, so you've to make your own journey. You have to explore on your own because it's your journey. You have to create your route. Sure, there are several, that's inevitable, but where will you go? What will you encounter? Who will you meet and how does all of this unfold?

 The great thing about fiction, compared to fact, is that we know it's not real (unless you're a part of a crazy fandom but let's not delve into that). Or, rather, the specific series of events that are presented to us. It does, however, for the most part, have an underlying reason for being. Real life? Not so much; it's random and is ongoing. So the most important of The Five Ws that I left out was why. Why does all this happen? There's just got to be a reason, and our reason can be an overall lesson, or questioning our viewers, say, in the form of satire.

 Those little moments, or scenes as I've described them, that pop up in your mind need fleshing out. You're frustratingly scribbling on your map because you've no idea where to start. I mean, you know you're looking for something, but not quite what it is yet. You have a few notions of the weather and general sort of areas that you want to explore for that little spike of advencha, but where to start?

 That's why you find yourself a start point. In this case, a theme.