Joely Sue Burkhart

The One

We watched Walk the Line again this weekend and I wrote down the following wonderful section:

If you was hit by a truck, lying out in that gutter, dying, and you had time to sing ONE SONG, ONE SONG that people would remember before you’re dead, ONE SONG that would let God know what you felt about your time here on earth, ONE SONG that would sum you up… Are you telling me that’s the song you would sing?

And Folsom Prison Blues was born.

Writers, how about you? Are you writing any old story or theme, or are you writing the ONE STORY that defines you and your view of the world? I don’t think any of us have just one story to tell, but everything I write seems to have a very similar THEME. There are things that speak to me as a person, that make me cry or grin for no reason, that intrigue me, that fire me up enough to drag myself out of bed at 4:00 a.m. to write. That’s the kind of story I want to write.

That’s the kind of story I *have* to write.

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4 Responses to “The One”

Nancy Bond Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Writers, how about you? Are you writing any old story or theme, or are you writing the ONE STORY that defines you and your view of the world?

What a great question. I believe that I am *finally* working on the story that may define who I am, where I’ve come from, and how I view the world. I’ve written lots of stories willy-nilly–not to say that they aren’t acceptable stories, but I DO believe that we all have one story that MUST be written. Somewhere. Way down deep in places that we sometimes don’t like to look.
Maude Clare Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
I’m writing it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw that movie too and that line stuck in my mind. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joely Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
I agree, Nancy. That’s why I couldn’t give up on certain stories over the years. Some stories MUST be written.

Go, Maude!!
GutterBall Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Guh. I think I have multiple personalities or something, because I have a really hard time finding a similar theme beyond sarcasm in my various works. *sigh*

You always have the amazing themes of sacrifice and love being interchangeable…and I always have sarcasm. And sometimes a gun. Or a knife. Or a mental charge. Heh, so sarcasm and weaponry. *snerk* Does that count as a theme?

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