The Snippet

So it's been a while. After reading some of Neil Gaiman's (now 7 years old) entry about the process of getting a book through publishing I have been resparked, if only for this evening. I promised myself that as soon as I got back from work I would write a snippet for the blog.

So here it is, this is my snippet.

I have been wondering, recently, if perhaps the project - the big novel I have been creating in my head for some time now - should perhaps be put to one side for a while whilst I pick up something new and creatively challenging. I put together a sort of list a week or so ago, concerning stories that I had fully planned waiting in certain creases of my brain, waiting for that transition onto paper. I think by the end of it I had around 10 either complete or partially started ideas brewing in my head. Worries have always formed within me as to whether or not there is a limit to the ideas you can create. Might I find that one day I simply cannot think of anything further to go on?
The answer is no, it seems.
The other night, racking my brain for another idea, one came to me by the formation of a sentance, which sparked life into a short story. It's these types of events that make you think perhaps your imagination never tires out. I am by no accounts saying the idea was good or would be enjoyable to read but it's an idea, it can grow.

Something the Shaun and Andy Project did was keep creative juices flowing - it has died recently. What happened was Andy set a project, for a childrens story, and my imagination died. I simply couldn't concieve an idea that was plausable for a younger audience, I felt perhaps I had been bested by the category. I did have one idea, and a start for the idea, and a moral for the end, but the middle just wasn't to be seen. This has stumped me for now over a month, granted I devoted little time to it as I have been in full time employment over this length of time. I spoke to Andy yesterday and decided to cancel that particular stage of the project. Hopefully we will be back up to standard and have something for you to read on Sunday.