I am making this journal more as a reminder to myself, but to give a bit of thought on the process of world building. During my time as a Middle School Student, I began to envision various races of creatures after watching things like star trek, star wars, and others. Around the same time, the game Halo was released, and it brought about a whole new set of ideas. Since then I have been pushing forward with various step backs and writers blocks occurring off and on at all times it seemed like. I realize now a lot of it was just bad luck and circumstance rearing its head and telling me to pause and wait. Now here I am, nearly 24 and having another go at it all. I have to admit, that having art helps, but what helps more is having friends to discuss with. Yeah, some will argue about something being impractical, or scientifically impossible, yet pushing through your ideas you can achieve more than just some simple idea that has no basis and seems out of place.

The troubles always seemed to start when I would come up with a new idea, and not finish another idea that I had in place. Often these would contradict each other, and cause more issues than it'd solve. I found that focusing on one idea or the other, completing it and then letting it flow into the next worked a lot more. I have to thank those who have helped me, whether talking with me, sharing ideas, or producing art. The more I discuss the idea and work on it, the more it seems to come steadily along. All I can say to anyone else trying to build a fantastical setting, is to find a few friends and ask them for ideas and help, let your idea blossom like a flower; after all everything good comes with patience and care, something I lacked early on.

Now... if only I could remember to post more up to FA, and I'd be doing fantastic.