Rough Cut, writing origin

I broke this post into two so it would be easier to work. The previous is an origin idea that developed for a character in City of Heroes. The idea here was to be vague as there were only vague notions as to why things were happening. Too, the second reason was to give space as the character itself was still very unformed as an idea, and this 'fudging' of the origin allows for flexibility as the character personality becomes more defined. The downside is that it is nebulous and this can create problems also as the character could deviate quite a bit from any origin idea and lose itself in a confusion of only loosely tied pieces, rather than a coherent story.

But the point is that ideas do not have to be completely formed to be used. A fully formed and well-grounded idea makes the writing process much easier as the roadmap is straightforward. Vague ideas make the trip a lot harder, but it's like taking the road less traveled, no telling what might be found along the road.