Have you ever thought that every thought that you ever thought has already been thought of?...Lol, j/k, this isn't a philosophical blog, after all.
There are new inventions everyday. According to the statistics for the U.S. Patent Office for the fiscal year 2008, there were 182,556 patents issued that particular year. Can you believe that? I haven't invented anything in my life, ever. That's probably because I have every material comfort that I could ever want, and I don't see the need for more conveniences, more luxuries. Regardless, some people out there somewhere are thinking of new stuff and putting it out in the world and selling it. Most of these new "inventions" are digital, and a few of them are modifications to an older product. Why am I babbling on about this, you ask? Well, I'm an author, of course.
Original stories are not hard to come by. Fantasy, sci-fi, romance and horror stories are mostly fictional, which means they are not real, which means somebody imagined them in their head. And that's the definition of originality, right? A thought that only you know about, something original and (possibly) great that you came up with all by yourself. For me, I write Historical fiction, which is fictional characters in real historical circumstances, without any added fictitious elements. But I think I'm ready to be original.
I'm going to start a new, 3-book series that is 100% Mark Butler original, never-been-thought-of-before characters, places and events. I think it's a testament to human nature that creating something gives us a special, deep satisfaction we don't fully understand. So go out today and be original, be creative. After all, you only live once!
Best,
Mark
