Snapshots

I’ve created a new category of post, Snapshots, for some of my creative writing. In a nutshell, these are the very beginnings of ideas. Most will be in their earliest of stages, before much polishing or editing has been done to them.

That’s how almost all of my writing starts… a single scene, a title, sometimes a line or two of dialogue. I flesh out these moments, these snapshots, until I get to a place where I don’t know what else to write. And that’s when I start thinking of the story behind the moment, that’s when I start asking questions. How did I get there? What happens next? What does this mean? What is that watermelon doing there (for you Buckaroo fans, I’ll tell you later)?

Most of the posts will be less than 1000 words (for a frame of reference, this one is ~200 words) and likely closer to 500 words. Some will be completely fictional. Some will be non-fiction. Others will have a few elements of non-fiction buried in fiction. None, however will be “finished” or “complete.” Some, like the first entry, “Culture Clash” will even be nearly incomprehensible. They are just the starting points for something else.