My balloon boy story...

Most of the time, when I get an idea for a story, I sit down and crank out several pages. It just isn't working for me this time. I don't want to trash this story yet because I have a lot of ideas for it. I know what kind of story I want it to be, I've got my character down, and the plot figured out, I don't know how to form it all together just yet. A friend from college once told me about these books that he used to read. He said that the author wrote out notes and bullet points of his character development/plot. Maybe I'll do that. Go back to the drawing board. It's all just filler from there. Right?

Stuck Already

The goal of the 52 writing prompts is to start and finish one prompt a week. I've started this one about a boy with a balloon, and I'm already stuck. The week is over, and I haven't finished. I don't see an issue with taking my time with it, as long as I keep on writing something. This story has got me thinking about where creative inspiration comes from.

When I played  a lot of video games, I created/wrote stories about my characters. Now, I'm working in the mental health field, and my character in the balloon story is seeing a therapist. I haven't quite fleshed out his back story, and that's where I'm stuck.

I finished up my Zine today. I put all of the pages together, and it's ready to send out to my sister. I tried to take pictures of it, but it didn't work very well. I guess you don't get to read it after all. That's okay because I'll finish up my balloon story and post it up here.

New Stories

I found a free ebook with 52 writing prompts in it. I'm on my second week.

My first story is a zine - something my sister wanted me to try out. The history of zine's are quite interesting, but it's basically just a self-made small magazine. My content is a story that I wrote. My prompt was "botched alien abduction." I then went through all of the magazines I have and pulled/cut out pictures or words that I wanted to use. After that, I formed my story. I have yet to put it together, but once I do, I'd like to take pictures and post it up here. I really wanted this story to be silly and stupid. I think I got it just right.

Today's prompt is a black and white picture of a boy holding balloons. It's titled "A Boy and His Balloons."  I some how connected this with the things I see on the job. The story starts out with the main character talking to his therapist. I really have no idea where this story is going, but I've made a few notes in my journal.

I'm really excited to re-start with writing. Stay tuned to hear more about what I'm writing :-)


p.s. if you want the free ebook, you can find it at www.renegadeword.com