Outside the Box

I consider myself a fairly creative person. Now I am not saying that what comes streaming out of my head is on the level of Blade Runner or Star Wars, but it isn't bad either I don't think.

There is a saying, "write what you know." I think that I can do that. I have a few of the characteristics that writers are supposed to have. I am observant, I am good at empathy, and I can pick apart what makes people tick. That is all good if I am writing love stories or teenage high school comedies, but the downside is that I don't really care about that stuff. The stuff that I do care about requires those talents, but it also requires thinking outside the box.

In a big way, science fiction has paved the way for the future. There are tons of ideas that had their origins in science fiction, but we now call reality. The hand held tablets held by everyone on Star Trek used to be supremely futuristic. Today we call it the iPad. Their insignia on their chest that they touch to talk to one another... yeah that's a bluetooth headset. I think that I am pretty good at coming up with cool ideas for stories and things of that nature, but it is the ideas that are on the lines of these now modern inventions that really pushed some people to the next level.

I have come to the conclusion that all of these projects that I appreciate, weren't just created by one person. They are a combined effort from people with different talents and skillsets, working together to create one unified and genuinely creative vision.

I have some ideas of where I want a story to go, I think that now I just need to find the right people to help me expand my mind enough in things both rooted in realism, and fiction to help me get it there.