I think a lot about writing, or "creating" or "putting together" without actually doing that, or really knowing where to start. Is there anything more confounding than the blank page?
The talks I attended at Worldcon had a strong theme around fairytales and their timelessness. That in the retelling of old tales, we can tell new ones. That the Grimm and Perault fairy tales were far from the earliest versions of those stories, and we have certainly not seen the last, despite the thousands of versions and "inspired by" stories that we have available to us.
So as a way of putting my toe in the water and writing something (anything) I intend to work my way through a book of Aesop's Fables which I recently picked up and "retell" them here. If I tire of those, I have a collection of Grimm tales I hope I will move on to, rather than give up (no plan is complete without a contingency).
The things brought by ill fortune, taking advantage of the feebleness of those brought by good fortune, pursued them closely. They went up to heaven and asked Zeus to tell them how they should behave with regard to men. Zeus told them that they should present themselves to men not all together but only one at a time. And that is why the bad things, living near to men, assail them constantly, while the good things, who have to come down from the sky, only arrive at long intervals.
Thus we see how good fortune never reaches us quickly, while bad fortune strikes us every day.
My version goes here!(13/8/24)
Well, that didn't go very well. I should probaby be more selective in which fables I try to retell. Pick ones that appeal to me, rather than just trying to do them in order.(12/9/24)