Seven years ago, I came up with DM. Two weeks later, the story was fairly done, neatly organized and shiny and new, to boot. And then I found plot holes.

I spent the time between then and now working and reworking everything, saying "Oh, yeah...I'll do this thing...someday." Every day. Every month. Every year. The conclusion I've come to accept is that this story is not perfect, but it won't progress unless I actively try. Bit by bit. A step at a time.

So a word to all you people thinking about doing stories. I don't care what, or how, or why. If you have something, then start it now. So what, if it's not perfect? It'll never begin, if you sit around thinking about somedays. Do something. If it never begins, then it'll never be told, or remembered, or passed along. You might not get it right the first time, but it counts that you're trying. You're learning.

I'm writing this to the lazy bums out there. Sometimes you need a reminder why you keep going, when nobody's watching, and nobody's praising you for it. I write because there are words I want to say. Stories I want to tell.