Another story, another time is the tag line I decided to use for my blogs in 2024. I heard it in a movie recently and decided it would be a good way to start the new year. I looked that line up and it came from a song by Ernest Tubb Another Story, Another Time, Another Place. I’m not a country music fan normally, but it is a great line and I wanted to see if it could be used in a literary fashion.

I saw a lot of possibilities with this idea. If you are an author (or a reader) I know you get frustrated sometimes and want to quit. You are out of ideas, or the authors you read are out of ideas. I even decided to go another way and quit writing all together. But it is possible, maybe even probable, that I am addicted. I go through life with unfinished stories and think, “Oh, that’s a good idea!” when I haven’t finished the last three. I don’t really see me quitting. But another story, another time could lead to lots of ideas.

I recently finished reading Fairy Tale by Stephen King and he took several fairytales we read as kids and used those stories in interesting ways. He revised them and made them his own. From the King of Horror, of course they were graphic but there was a lesson, and a story of a young boy growing up and pushing forward in his life. He needed to succeed, and he did (spoiler alert). But old tried and true stories could use a new angle and you could be the person who sees them from that new angle.

So, this year I need to push forward and make new and better stories. I need another story, another time. There are lots of stories out there waiting for us. Let’s go find them.

What are you reading/writing this week?