Story Ending
I am an author...
The book that I'm writing is full of drama, excitement, exhilaration, and chapters that are not so great. So, I won't blame you for scanning through those chapters, because they are too boring to read, even for me. I've never won a Pulitzer Prize for my writing, nor have I successfully published anything, but my story gets told and read by a small number of people everyday. I am the author, editor, and publisher of my own book. I yet have to turn a profit, but I feel rich.
I have a beginning to my story, yet no ending... yet. I actually don't get to write the ending. The ending writes itself as the book progresses... sort of like those "determine your own ending" story books we read as kids; except, the endings are limited and there are wild cards along the way. I don't know how many volumes I will write, nor do I know where the story goes.
In many ways, my book is like the 32 books that were written by the Virginia Tech victims. Each book had it's own unique beginning, but a common ending... an ending that was written by one author, Cho Seung-Hui. Ironically... Cho got to write his own ending too. Thirty-three story endings... one common author... one common ending... death.
To reflect on that last sentence... I guess we all have a common ending too... in a way... death. The most certain and basic story ending.
Just because we all have a common ending doesn't mean we should slack off and not make the story interesting, but it does bring a different light into the story. We all need to make our story interesting to tell because our common endings are boring and nor do we get to write it in most cases...
It is sad to see 32 inspiring stories stop short so quickly... 32 aspiring minds... full of story writing potentials... 33 sad stories... 1 common ending.
I wish Cho's dark plays where never written. I wish Cho wrote his story differently. Alas, once a story is in print, it is what it is.
Today, I will ask for an extension on my book... I have many chapters to write. I am an author, an editor, and a publisher of my own book. I do not want to win the Pulitzer Prize anytime soon either. I want my living story to touch many lives before it sets in print.
Today I write... and I plan to write tomorrow... and the day after... only He knows the ending to my story... a story drafted by His design... a story written by me... a paragraph shared with you... a common story ending shared by all of us -- brings us together in a full circle... the circle of life.
"May God be with the victims and the victims' families during this difficult time in our country's living history. Today I ask for the unattainable -- simply -- peace."
A face to the story
The book that I'm writing is full of drama, excitement, exhilaration, and chapters that are not so great. So, I won't blame you for scanning through those chapters, because they are too boring to read, even for me. I've never won a Pulitzer Prize for my writing, nor have I successfully published anything, but my story gets told and read by a small number of people everyday. I am the author, editor, and publisher of my own book. I yet have to turn a profit, but I feel rich.
I have a beginning to my story, yet no ending... yet. I actually don't get to write the ending. The ending writes itself as the book progresses... sort of like those "determine your own ending" story books we read as kids; except, the endings are limited and there are wild cards along the way. I don't know how many volumes I will write, nor do I know where the story goes.
In many ways, my book is like the 32 books that were written by the Virginia Tech victims. Each book had it's own unique beginning, but a common ending... an ending that was written by one author, Cho Seung-Hui. Ironically... Cho got to write his own ending too. Thirty-three story endings... one common author... one common ending... death.
To reflect on that last sentence... I guess we all have a common ending too... in a way... death. The most certain and basic story ending.
Just because we all have a common ending doesn't mean we should slack off and not make the story interesting, but it does bring a different light into the story. We all need to make our story interesting to tell because our common endings are boring and nor do we get to write it in most cases...
It is sad to see 32 inspiring stories stop short so quickly... 32 aspiring minds... full of story writing potentials... 33 sad stories... 1 common ending.
I wish Cho's dark plays where never written. I wish Cho wrote his story differently. Alas, once a story is in print, it is what it is.
Today, I will ask for an extension on my book... I have many chapters to write. I am an author, an editor, and a publisher of my own book. I do not want to win the Pulitzer Prize anytime soon either. I want my living story to touch many lives before it sets in print.
Today I write... and I plan to write tomorrow... and the day after... only He knows the ending to my story... a story drafted by His design... a story written by me... a paragraph shared with you... a common story ending shared by all of us -- brings us together in a full circle... the circle of life.
"May God be with the victims and the victims' families during this difficult time in our country's living history. Today I ask for the unattainable -- simply -- peace."
A face to the story
posted by Sparky X | 10:38 AM
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