Thoughts on a Thursday – Interstellar Inspiration.

I’ve said that I love space enough times that to share another photo of something cosmic won’t be too much of a surprise!

 

This picture is from the Hubblesite website (always worth a visit) and shows an area of space where stars are being born. What is now a gassy, dusty nebula will one day be gone, the materials used to form those stars – and possibly companion planets.  In this mass, perhaps there’s a new Earth waiting to be shaped.

For me, this image is all about scope – the vast possibilities, the innumerable ideas, the expanse of our imaginations.

I remember being told that  there’s really only a handful of stories ever told, but what writers do is find new ways to tell them.  I’m not sure if  I agree there’s only a handful but I certainly think we as writers should find new ways of exploring life, humanity, the nature of existence.

That doesn’t have to be a heavy burden though.  In the picture you can see the darkness and the light, and it’s the same in writing. You can write about horror, or you can write about hope.  You can write about love, or hate.

Most writers fall somewhere on the spectrum, because most of life is somewhere on the spectrum.  But even with this you can vary the surroundings; for example you can create an alternative world, or move back or forward in time.

That’s the joy and fun of writing, for me – however many stories there may be, we’ll never run out of ways to tell them.

Happy writing,

EJ

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