When it all started

I had always enjoyed story telling since I could remember. I owe a lot to my dad plopping me on a chair while he put on Blade Runner on an old VHS. I began to question things like camera angles, locations, wardrobe. Seeing movies like Blade Runner and Apocalypse Now really put visuals and great storytelling into perspective for me.

I'm often embarrassed to admit in a community of writers and authors that my source of inspiration seldom comes from actual novels but on films themselves. Of course most of these films are based on their literary counterparts, but seeing those stories come to life has always made me appreciate the importance of visuals and the world seen through our eyes. I grew up as the nerdy guy. Video and board games were a common passage of time, activities like Warhammer and PC games were always on agenda. But my passion was always film. It wasn't until my later years in high school when I thought to myself, "Could I write?" It was a quick thought and disappeared entirely within a few minutes.

So, I came up with an idea and one such idea opened a gateway of brainstorming, web-charts, timelines, locations, timelines for those specific locations, names, and technologies. I was hooked on writing at that point. To be honest, whenever I'm writing, immersed in other worlds, I feel as though that is what I'm supposed to be doing in my life.

It's a strange thing, perspective. I don't think any of this would be possible if my dad hadn't shown me a particular film all those years ago.