It's basically all about how he analyzed the elements of story and used that to try to actually LIVE an awesome story the first go 'round. Like, if your life was a movie, would anyone want to see it?
*PS They are actually making a Blue Like Jazz movie! Cannot wait! Check out the website www.bluelikejazzthemovie.com*
It really made me think about how I want to make memorable scenes in my own life.... and how I need to figure out what I want. Since a story is really just "A character who wants something and will overcome conflict to get it". I've loved movies from the time I was an infant. My mom said, when she was pregnant with me, she didn't pray for a healthy baby or any of that responsible stuff. :P She just wanted someone to go to the movies with her. And I did. From infancy. And she said I would always laugh right as the punchline was delivered, before the rest of the crowd caught on. :) I like that. But, what I mean is, I always escape into good stories, whether they're movies or awesome books. What if I was living such a compelling story, I didn't need an escape?
As usual, I have to include some of my favorite lines from the book, just to give you a taste.
"He was online most of the time, adjusting the lineup on his collegiate fantasy basketball team, or e-mailing people on Craigslist asking them whether the poodle they were selling could be trained to fight."
"He hadn't mapped out a story for his family. And so his daughter had chosen another story, a story in which she was wanted, even if she was only being used. In the absence of a family story, she'd chosen a story in which there was risk and adventure, rebellion and independence. 'She's not a bad girl,' my friend said. 'She's just choosing the best story available to her.' Jason decided to stop yelling at his daughter and, instead, created a better story to invite her into."
"My entire life had been designed to make myself more comfortable, to insulate myself from the interruption of my daydreams."
"People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen."
"God wants us to create beautiful stories, and whatever it is that isn't God wants us to create meaningless stories, teaching the people around us that life just isn't worth living."
"I was living a story, a life designed and lived with intention. I was watching less television and enjoying being in better shape. And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can't go back to being normal; you can't go back to meaningless scenes."
"I think that's why so many couples fight, because they want their partners to validate them and affirm them, and if they don't get that, they feel as though they're going to die. And so they lash out. But it's a terrible thing to wake up and realize the person you just finished crucifying didn't turn out to be Jesus."
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"If you watch the news and there's a tragedy at a house in Kansas, that guy's driveway connects with yours, and you'd be surprised how few roads it takes to get there. The trip taught use that we were all neighbors, that my life is connected to everybody else's, that one person's story has the power to affect a million others."
Worth a read, people. You'll get inspired. Guaranteed.
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