Everyday it seems I get some kind of message or email through one of the various social networking sites I am a member of by a writer or artist telling me about this great idea they have for a story. While i think it is great to come up with these ideas, if you have not started any writing or art concepts you are basically wasting your time. For writers, you can have the best idea in the world, but if you have yet to even put pen to paper and at least write up a basic story outline it does not matter. A friend of mine was telling me about a certain person he came across that spent almost 2 hours trying to describe the basis of a zombie tale they were "wanting" to write. I guess they have been "wanting" to write this story for a few months now, but did not even have one actual chapter written. You can "want" to do something every day of your life, but until you actually get off your ass and start the process you are doing nothing but wasting both peoples time. Get off your ass and write something, anything, then show it and describe it to people. By not putting in the effort and actual work of getting something written you are only hurting yourself. Even if you just have a few paragraphs written, that is better than not having any kind of example of your work to show someone.
It seems that these days people are wanting things to happen "right now" and basically be handed to them with out putting in the dedication and work that it takes to complete something. So much like toilet paper, ideas don't mean anything if you dont complete the process. In the end if it goes unused, all you are left with is blank white paper and a load of shit.
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