The Future Horizon

With principle writing wrapping up on Event Horizon, I can't help but wonder what's next - in a couple of ways.

First up, my writing career in general can take one of two twists: I can either pick up on another old story (Almost Gone) or try my hand at some entirely new fiction. I've been generating ideas lately for where I would like to take Almost Gone, and much of the experience that I've gained from writing Event Horizon is being poured directly into these ideas.

On the other hand, my fiction has become drawn-out, deep affairs... hence why I take too long on each individual project. I generated the initial concept for Event Horizon nearly three years ago, and I honestly don't want my next project to turn into that. I would like, however, to try my hand at writing true short story fiction. I'm talking fifteen to thirty minute reads. More than anything, one of my B3.0 Initiative bullet points, discipline, is something that I could learn to follow with my writing. As I generate random story ideas in my head (I get dozens a day), I can take the most interesting few each week and perhaps grind them into a short story. This is just an example of the direction I would like to go, of course.

Also in the future, I've been considering if the characters of Event Horizon - Kale, Colby, Spike, and of course, Shaylee - are worth exploring in any other fashion. I've left the ending to EH a bit ambiguous, but certainly not without closure. I've had a few continuation ideas for the EH storyline, and I certainly might explore some of these in the future. Perhaps a combination of the two: weekly short stories based on the Event Horizon storyline? Who the hell knows.

I do know this: I want to keep writing. Two and a half years ago I switched my major from Creative Writing to Computer Science. In the past six months, I've been honestly questioning this move, although I know I need the stable income that a CS degree can provide me before I can honestly write creatively. Still, I have a lot of stories to share with the world, and I certainly shall share them all one day.

Out.