Process: Storytelling Moments

The first part in my creative process is taking a storytelling moment by visualizing the idea. This is often a challenge part as there are many decisions that define the look of a scene. I find that it really helps to define a feeling, mood or a place that I'm trying to capture. What best informs a scene is often less of an identifiable physial place and more an internal landscape of what a character is dealing with emotionally that drives what a scene should look like.

While I don't consider myself someone who can draw very well I have taught myself to be able to communicate the look of my intentions for a scene in sketch form. I end up with quite a bit of creative source material that includes sketches, stories, journal notes etc. that I like to surround myself with. I have kept sketchbooks and journals for years and use it as a daily part of my creative process to document my work.