What does Science Fiction mean to you?

Does your life resemble Sci-Fi or do you keep your feet firmly rooted in reality?

Sci-Fi for me is always bittersweet.  When I was married I had no choice but to sit through countless re-runs of all the StarWars films and despite them being hugely successful box-office hits with millions of fans around the World, they leave me cold due to the negative associations I have with them.

Prior to that I used to quite enjoy the rickety sets of Star Trek and the wildly unbelievable storylines.  I always marvelled at the creativity of the script writers.  My firm favourite was a BBC TV series called Blake’s 7 which ran from 1978 to 1981 with some equally dubious sets and storylines.  Of course today, Dr Who is the firm favourite although I haven’t religiously watched it since the days of Tom Baker.  I know, I’m giving my age away now!

When we’ve made plans to change or reclaim our lives it can sometimes feel like we’re creating a sci-fi drama but unless we make a start, all it will be is a slightly far-fetched script that someone one day might pick up and run with.

What if we picked up that script and took some tiny steps towards making it a reality, no matter how rickety?  Is it possible we could turn that script into something that we love?

Unless we start, by taking really tiny steps, we’ll never know.

What have you got to lose?

Pull out those plans today, that sci-fi script and work out what tiny step you could take right now towards making it become a cult series.  You might even surprise yourself and destroy the ‘cling-ons’ of self-doubt, lack of confidence and fear in the process.

Now that would really be a Sci-Fi worth watching!