I derive great pleasure from all stages of my writing. First and foremost to pick the "clue" I receive from above… that fragment of an idea, an association that comes to me, which is the initial source of inspiration for the story, which condenses and slowly turns into a raw idea. It is a great source of happiness that descends upon you. That fragment of an idea, an association that you cook up in your mind.
In a short time the idea turns into a bigger idea, a sort of very initial, raw sketch for a story, but then it already has a life of its own and slowly you understand what the initial idea wants from you…
At the same time you cannot burst with D9. The whole process is very sensitive and should be given enough time to solidify into an idea. Sometimes waiting for the subconscious to unravel the puzzle of the plot is one of the things that can be a source of frustration or alternatively a source of great happiness for any creator.
Many times I put the story on hold and give it time to simmer in the subconscious, until it bursts forth again, more mature and more complete.
Like painters, who know what their picture will be but start by painting the "landscape", the background of the painting and only then go down to the details and figures, so it is with me. I have to see in my head where the plot will be, where it will take place. There is a huge importance in choosing the background of the story and it doesn't matter if it is science fiction, or some kind of novel, or both. The background of the story will be a source of inspiration and will set the tone for the next stages of the work as well.
From there they start building the planned main protagonists of the story. It may be that they are known to you, it may be an association from someone you know or a sentence thrown out by someone absent-mindedly. Everything can be a basis for the material for the raw work. There is also great importance not only to the expected plot but also to the message I want to convey in the story. A story is Like a living and sensitive creature. It is not easy to create a story out of nothing, but there is great happiness in realizing this process.
In my script "The Institute", I was approached by an old (and real) friend who was a client of mine many decades ago, we became friends and since then we have maintained a loose connection all these years. He came to our house, we drank coffee, I told him about the "Institute" script that was taking shape, without too much detail. Then he kindly bursts out at me and offers me to "contribute" his name to the plot. At that moment he was just joking with me, and what do you know? His name, Yehiel, fit perfectly. As they say in the song, "There are hidden things, we won't know…".
Yes, even names can have a meaning in shaping the hero's character.
I built the script called "Journey" on two of my friends who worked with me at the software company and with whom I used to have business lunches every day…
The associations are endless but they have to have their own "truth" to fit the plot. Also the fact that Eli, one of the heroes of the story "Journey", was a theatrical person and spoke Spanish helped me create the character of the Cuban officer, the "wild bandit", who constantly curses everyone with Castro and Cuba as his main motifs, in the horror journey they make in the story.
Even later, when I write an initial, experimental piece or two, sink my teeth into the lively idea when the story may still change many times, I enjoy "stabbing a stake" in the idea and its implementation.
From what I have experienced in the past, starting the process of writing the story creates a kind of momentum to continue writing. Things are becoming clear, the fog is slowly dissipating and little by little more petty considerations of choosing a place, choosing timing and developing a "life" and "alibi" for the heroes of the story come into play.
As I said, inspiration and creativity can come from all kinds of things, and they must be treated with respect, because any idea, no matter how stupid, may come out in all its beauty later and become a main axis in the plot.
I think I sailed through my story today. So thank you for listening/reading. Enough for now.