ON WRITING

Here's one vague thought that's been bothering me this morning: Some people say the stories and scripts people write are somehow a projection of their experiences. Perhaps even the slightest bit, all the classic and modern stories we have known and loved are indeed stories of their own writers in their real life. What is amazing is that even the simplest of stories to tell turn to be one of the greatest stories of all time. But here is my dilemma - since everyone of us, have similar experiences (True we each have our own unique interpretations on things we experience but almost all that is there to be experienced has been experienced by another person right?) could that be the reason why there is no such a thing as a unique story nowadays - all that there is to tell is just a pastiche of everything that has been told in the past? Could there ever be another unique story that would wrench our hearts and minds? Has everything that needs to be told, already been told by another person in the past or in some other lifetime? The truth of the matter is I don't know, I really don't know. This could either be some writers' lame excuse for not being able to come up with original concepts that would shake the foundations of the Earth or perhaps this generation has really lost all of its creative juice with everything media has installed in our unconscious minds. Perhaps it's too late to suggest that a block out of all media forms that might affect the way we think and perceive things because even if you, in your most modest way of thinking, believe you have created the most original work you could ever have, your world would just sink when someone just shoves your work into your face telling you it's no good because it's already been done. The same goes with the (narrative) voice. Is there anyone on the world that could tell that he speaks in the most unique way, without any influence or imitation from any great literary icon? It's a depressing story to tell, if indeed this is true. It might be mundane to think that the only thing we will watch and hear would be ripoffs of the classics that have already entered public domain (There's even one right now, about the story of King Kong told in the eyes of King Kong.) or many more of movie sequels (Perhaps in the near future, we might be lucky to witness Shake, Rattle and Roll 50) Unless there would be another plaguing disease such as a new AIDS, another World War or the second coming of Christ - all that we will have for now are the stories of a person told by another person which in the future would be told by other persons and this ladies and gentlemen, is worse than your day-to-day gossip networking (Alas, expect this to be a new form of art in the future.) For now, perhaps our only option is to open our eyes, see what is wrong and correct it. I tell you, there would be no sense as to make a new revolutionary idea because there isn't such a thing, I don't know if there would be one in the very near future but as far as now is concerned - there isn't so don't count on it.