My problem is in what I want to SAY with my story, and how I want it to END. I can come up with scenarios and setups and problems, but it's a lot harder to come up with anything that feels like a satisfactory resolution. Downer endings are easy to come by for some reason -- even my daydreams often end up with UNHAPPY ENDINGS, believe it or not, as I mentally paint myself into a corner and then feel like any sort of easy resolution is a cop-out. But they just aren't much fun.

And then, there are so many story concepts I can think up, where I feel like I've just accomplished an "unintended Aesop." And that's just as bad, I think.

But mostly it's a matter of motivation. Once upon a time, I was surrounded with people who were interested in what I drew or even what I wrote, and I returned the favor, and -- wouldn't you know it -- that's a pretty ripe environment for being motivated to actually do something. ;) Now, most of the feedback I get is from people around me who have me paint their miniatures for games and such, so that's mostly where I "accomplish" anything. (But that feels more like "craft" -- I'm painting something sculpted by someone else and produced in mass quantities -- than "art.")

So, yeah, now and again I think about going back to writing. But thinking about it and then seriously devoting the time to DOING it? Well....