Dear Reader:

If you are a writer, and I would like to assume you are, since this website is dedicated to writing, then you understand that ideas come and go. Sometimes, you'll get an idea that will spark something huge, something amazing, something beyond your wildest dreams and you don't even know it. You are simply thinking, day dreaming, letting your mind wander into the deepest expanse of your subconscious. Sometimes, you don't even act on those ideas, you simply let them fall, forgotten, into the 80% of the brain that is left untapped.

Then there are ideas which we chose to pursue. Those are the ideas that we constantly come back too, that draw us back in. They are the ones we think will take us far, that we think will start something. We all, secretly, hope for the idea that will change the future, mold generation after generation. We long for the ideas that people, ages upon ages ago, dreamt up. Fire, the wheel, written word all started with nothing more than a thought. Someone, somewhere, thought 'Hey, wouldn't it be easier to remember stuff if we kept some sort of record or something?' and that thought changed the world, forever.

We always assume everything's been done, that we can't go anywhere from here. But that's not a truth. 150 years ago, the concept of speaking to someone 150 miles away seemed impossible. But it was done, telephones were invented. It all started with the idea that life should be easier. Even now, invention continues to take place. With the internet, you now have a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips. iPhones have made it so you can listen to music, search the internet, and contact all your friends simultaneously.

Ideas are so much more than thoughts. They are creations, inventions, wonders. Even with so much innovation backing us, though, we often discard the ideas that will change the world, opting for the simpler, clearer idea. Edison once said "I did not fail. I simply found 2,000 ways not to make a lightbulb." The world has lost that mentality, and it saddens me. We have lost the attitude that we no matter what, we must persevere in no matter what we do. That's how things change. We need to actively pursue our goals, otherwise we get no where.

So I have decided something. I will not give up on this story, as there is an idea behind it. I will take a hiatus, collect my thoughts, then return. And if this story never comes to a resolve, then I know the idea has sat untouched for so long that the inspiration has fallen into 80% of untouched brain mass and the idea is gone.

Until then,

BMT.