Bonjour,

It's Monsieur Godfrey.

I don't know why, but Pulp Fiction is out in the cinemas in Istanbul.

Although I didn't go to see it (I've seen it loads of times), it got me thinking about how art is made.

If you've seen any of Tarantino's films:

• Kill Bill.
• Pulp Fiction.
• Reservoir Dogs
• Django Unchained
• Inglorious Basterds etc.

You'll know that everything he's made is inspired by something that came before.

In other words, his films are the living embodiment of the saying:

"Steal like an artist."

Tarantino didn’t invent anything new.

He innovated.

And he had immaculate taste.

By combining the things he loved — kung fu movies, spaghetti westerns, revenge plots — he'd create things that feel familiar but fresh at the same time.

The yellow jumpsuit?

Bruce Lee wore it years ago.

The sword fights?

Seen in Japanese cinema for decades.

The music?

Lifted from old records.

But now, you can’t hear those songs or see those same images without thinking of his movie.

Here’s the point:

Tarantino made old things feel new by remixing them through his own creative lens.

You can do the same with your writing.

You don’t need to invent the next Lord of the Rings.

You just need to bring your unique perspective to the table.

Study the things you love and write the things you’d want to read.

That’s how you develop taste — the one thing that separates forgettable writers from the ones who transform lives.

Tarantino developed his taste watching thousands of films.

Hitchcock did it by making hundreds of them.

You can do both.

• Write more.
• Read more.
• Watch more.
• Create more.

By doing all of this consciously, your taste will sharpen like a Hatori Hanzo sword.

And when it does, you’ll finally be able to do what Tarantino did for his entire career:

Take old ideas…

…and make them unmistakably your own.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Adieu,

Godfrey

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