Hey Folks,
Yesterday on the trip over here, a line in a famous song touched me. I casually said, “That could be my next novel.”
My wife said it probably should be.
I won’t divulge here what the line is, but later, in the hotel room while checking email, I happened across this from The Passive Voice:
“Nothing is original” at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/2017/07/nothing-is-original/.
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. — Jim Jarmusch
That last sentence is pure gold: “Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent.” Wow.
Today, and Writing
I wrote a little this morning, mostly a result of cycling. No time to elaborate.
Back tomorrow.
Of Interest
See “How to Judge a Book by Its Cover” at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/2017/07/how-to-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/. Passive Guy links to the full article, but the value is in seeing his comments after the excerpt.
Fiction Words: 0869
Nonfiction Words: 200 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 1069
Writing of Graham’s Road (tentative title, novel or novella)
Words brought forward…… 1070
Day 1…… 3012 words. Total words to date…… 4082
Day 2…… 2675 words. Total words to date…… 6757
Day 3…… 2181 words. Total words to date…… 8938
Day 4…… 4913 words. Total words to date…… 13851
Day 5…… 2543 words. Total words to date…… 16394
Day 6…… 1207 words. Total words to date…… 17601
Day 7…… 0816 words. Total words to date…… 18417
Day 8…… 0869 words. Total words to date…… 19286
Total fiction words for the month……… 23104
Total fiction words for the year………… 361061
Total nonfiction words for the month… 10100
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 117930
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 478991
The Daily Journal blog streak……………………………………… 607 days
Calendar Year 2017 Novel Goal (15 novels or novellas)………………… 7 novels or novellas
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 25
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)……………………………… 179