Reading and Creating

I've read a lot of good books over the years. Right now, I'm reading Suzanne Collins' Gregor stories and enjoying them very much. I've discovered that when I'm reading a good book, it satisfies my need to create. Yes, the author wrote the words, but I produce the movie in my mind. I have an idea of how all the characters look and how they speak. I can see the setting. When I'm really into it, I create all the details. Not only that, but sometimes I can feel what the characters feel. I become part of the book and the book becomes part of me. It's much easier and more immediately satisyfing to create from someone else's creation.

Because I'm in the middle of creating Suzanne's movie, I really had to force myself to write my own story today. I would have much rather escaped right into reading. Fortunately, I have this place, this commitment to write every day. I managed to write some words. While I was writing, I noticed I was also mentally producing my story's movie. The images are fuzzy, the lights are dim, and sometimes I only have a flash of a picture, but everything grows more vivid when I try to describe things. I have a long, long way to go until my words are something worth watching by anyone else. I'm okay with that.