Spinning yarn

I've always wanted to write a great story. I love the idea of sitting down and creating an engaging work of fiction to share with others. This, of course, stems from my love of stories in all forms—movies, books, even some video games. I have tried several times to actually do this but I never get far at all. Part of it is just because I haven't spent the time to do planning, research, and all the work that goes into making a story engaging and interesting. Another reason is because I don't really have an idea for a story so I feel that, even though I am a good writer, whatever story I would write would be full of cliches and wouldn't be very original.

Still, I'm not giving up hope that, one day, I can put out a good story for others to read and enjoy. The story might never get published or made into a movie, but that's not why I want to write it so I'm not worried about that.

I don't know why I felt the need to share this... maybe I just want to write out my thoughts so that I force myself to think about them (and, hopefully, act on them).

-Mark