Sparking Something Creative

My brain is practically bursting with writing ideas.

I've been at a creative lull stand still for so long that I've forgotten what it is to be filled up and overflowing with creative ideas. That's not to say that I'll get them down on paper, or even get more than a few chapters written, but I'm considering it A Very Good Thing that the ideas are a-flowing again. It gives me hope that my font of creativity has not yet turned into the dried desert that I was beginning to believe that it was.

Aside from channeling Addison Harris anew (possibility of Strange Little Band bonus/side stories, maybe?), a creative spark lightening bolt fried my head while I lie trying to fall asleep last night.

A little background: I wrote a fan fic story years ago that I considered one of my best works. Mostly because I took the familiar characters and transplanted them to a different setting of my own creation. Doing so, I was able to bring in original characters of my own creation and basically place loose and fun and not have to deal with "canon this" and "canon that." It was fun, it worked out well and a lot of people (evidently) liked it.

For the longest time, this was (still is) one of my favorite settings and writing experiments. I've often wanted to revisit it, but not from a fan fiction standpoint, but from an original fiction take off. I already knew how to change the world and what additonal pieces and parts to include. What I didn't have was a) characters, or b) a method of transport. Amazingly enough, the characters introduced themselves to me last night and it was this primary cast that gave me the answer to the other question(s) as well.

I'm feeling rather accomplished even if I haven't written a word.