Hello again, this Recharge is a little late today, but I'd rather have something up than nothing at all. After all, this is an exercise in consistency as well as creativity.

Today I wanted to talk a little about the creative process. What is the most useful to a sustainable writing style? Is it a constant whacking away at an anvil of short stories and poems, or should you wait for a (hopefully) inevitable wellspring of information? I think the only ones who can answer that are the ones that have gone through either option, and even then, that's only proof that it worked for them.

I suppose there's no magic spell for good writing, but there is at least value in persistence. Honestly, it's one of the things I've been pretty bad at, but I hope to change that, bit by bit, until I sift through all the mediocre writing until I get to a gold nugget or two.

I've realized that I've been doing too much waiting, and as a result I've seen too much pass me by, and it's left a bitter aftertaste. But thankfully, that's not too hard to change.

So, let's see, today's excerpt will be something Final Fantasy IV related.

I am not clad in darkness, but merely captured by darkness's shadow. My skies have been clouded by a malicious storm, and I can no longer claim the blue skies as my sanctuary.

I have a committed a grievous sin, for the love I bear for my white mage comes at the cost of the bond I share with my dearest friend. An even greater sin weighs upon my heart as I realize that I would renounce that same friend for naught else but the power to win my mage's heart.

And then my friend forgave my sins, and my wings were clipped. I saw the pity in that white mage's eyes that tore what little honor I had from my soul, and I became a husk: a mannequin of azure armor.

My hatred may boil, and my dreams may shatter, but I realize that my malice is but a part of the weight of humanity's sins. And with what little honor I have left, I will fight. Mankind's malice may never fade, but I will shatter bone and tear flesh to make sure that mankind does not meet an early grave.

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