When I created “Big Generator” late last year, I thought it would be the central place for concept development and exploration. Since then, I’ve realized there is a “fictional” component of concept development that requires it’s own “space”. Microcosms is designed to fulfill this need.
A microcosm, as you know, is a representation of something on a much smaller scale. Via this blog, I will develop short stories in varying length that explore characters, objects and environments in a manner that show how they are interconnected. Some of these stories may be several chapters in length, while other posts will be simply that – posts describing a person, place or object (or a combination of the three) in a setting void of a specific plot. In theory, these “micro-stories” will serve as “seeds” to begin other stories of greater length. To aid the reader, I’ll do my best to label each post accordingly.
In the long-term, I hope to combine these stories in a way that results in a final narrative. Independent of that goal, I think the blend of the two blogs along with an “artistic” outlet will allow for significant “cross pollination” of ideas.