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YEAH...SO...This ECE English thing...
I read HTRLLAP. I liked it.
I figured I should get a little insightful, so here goes. Let's go on a journey through Colby's summer.
Mid-july, ordered the books. Began reading HTRLLAP. Finished it while on the Cape. One month later, decides to blog about it. Let's just say I need to refresh.
This book was a combination between things I knew, things I didn't know, and things I thought I knew but i guess I really didn't know at all. Kind of like one of those elementary charts. Except not. I'm not about to sum up what I read because, everyone else has already read it. And who wants to be captain obvious? Not this kid.
The selection that I found most interesting would have to be the implication and establishmation (I really wish that was a word) *establishment, that all stories are just a succession of patterns, rewrites, plot loop-de-loops, and historical congruities. Made me think, as a writer, ya know? This book was all about how to read, Christ, it said it in the title. But i couldn't help but view it only as a tool for writing. I like to write. Don't judge me. It was some sort of awakening punch, like being revived with a cold splash of water on my face.
Am I not a original? Is all my work just faceted from some other genius? Is my work a rip off?
I am not cheap! I tell myself this so I would have the steeze to finish the book without my heart breaking in two.
Then it all started to make sense. Why do writers read? So we can cheat, copy, rework, make it new. NO writing is organic. We can string the words together differently and we can give the characters new names but it's always going to be Eve and Achilles. To spare an emotional breakdown I decided to not approach the idea of where the "original story" came from. Who wants to ask God where he thought of Jesus? Not this kid. For now I'm going to accept the fact that those stories are there, like they were conjured in one of the seven days. And that's that.