Limiting Myself and Others

It took me about a week to understand why I'd hit a rut so quickly after declaring my intent. I'd set the parameters of this project as loose as I could and then set to conforming them to the idea of the "story". This is exactly what I've wanted to avoid.
I became preoccupied with fleshing out the conflict and relationship the main character would experience and therein the limitations and ends that Narrative places. Within the first two days I'd grounded a story about flight.