HOW DO I BEGIN

Does a story begin with an event or a character?

I guess it all depends. It can begin with a photo as well. That's the way most of my blog entries begin. I see a picture and it makes a connection. It fires or ignites a memory or an idea.

This picture of Clift Montgomery or Montgomery Clift, I really don't know which for he was before my time, sparked a question or a possibility for me. What happened to all those cars once the left the lot?

What will be their fate? Their history in the making? Will one stand out above all the others? Will one haul a passenger of importance? Will one hold a person who could change the face of history?

What decisions will be made in those cars? What regrets? What longings? What might be left behind in one of those cars? Which car would wind up in the junkyard first?

All kinds of questions/all kinds of possibilities. It's up to the writer. He has the power. And that makes writing the creative, fun experience that it is.