Don't be discouraged, I too started with monochrome displays at first. Though it seems difficult at first, the joy of having it working is a thrill in itself. Monochrome displays are very easy to work with. They follow the same rules as the color displays. You need to create the fonts / images and draw them to screen. The real challenge is in making it draw fast enough to make it appear as near to real-time as possible; keeps the display flicker-free.