Then I became intrigued with the idea of a short story. But it didn't go away. And soon there was an idea attached to it, and trailing the idea was a story. I can't trace where it came from, but in the end I was glad it did. And more short stories, and a play.
Creativity begets creativity.
I don't know. And, like anything magical, I don't really want to know, not in a way that can be put into words. Sometimes I think it would be nice to have ideas that were going all in the same direction. But that isn't the way it is happening. Maybe my writing muse is taking the name ManyTracks too literally.