Once again, I'm sitting here in the dark, unable to sleep. Nothing new, except for the past week or so, I've been tormented by the ghost of a story idea that just won't take shape. And I can't really get started on it until I know what it's trying to become.
It's like, you know when you have part of a song stuck in your head? And you know that you know the song, but you just can't seem to remember the melody? And that one phrase of the song just repeats in your head, over, and over, slowly driving you crazy?
That's what this feels like. Only, it's an unrealised idea for a story I want to start writing. I can see flashes of imagery that I know pertains to the story. Bits of dialogue that I know someone is supposed to speak. Events that should happen within the story, but it's all just out of reach. And I don't know what to do to shake it all loose.
It's like I'm trying to remember a dream.
Who knows? Maybe I just need to sit down and start it anyway? Maybe then I can beat it into submission and make it take shape? I'm getting rusty, it's been too long since I last delved into that part of my brain. Too much life has gotten in the way. Stupid life...
