Brainstorming Week Six

[Yep. Still at the brainstorming stage. I had a business trip and then got a cold, okay? At least I'm being transparent about this...]

Some of my favorite stories feature scenarios that may have actually happened or may just be in the character's head, but more important than "was it real or wasn't it?" is what they experience and how that changes them: Calvin and Hobbes, The Chronicles of Narnia, Angels in America, The Life of Pi, and probably dozens of others that have shaped me in some way. Where the Wild Things Are. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Lilo and Stitch, kinda.

That's the kind of story I want to write. Maybe not a literal journey into the "psyche" but a fantastic journey that is a metaphor of some kind for what our intrepid heroes struggle with. Did it happen or didn't it? Doesn't matter.