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[Writiing] Two Thousand
Jan. 21st, 2012 09:35 amSo of course I had a Douglas Adams moment and thought of various writing projects while in the shower this morning (he was a self-professed frequent bath soaker--close enough), and one that popped into my head [by way of thinking of our Boston trip: staying in Cambridge => Jon A. lives there now => wonder if we'll run into him => my testy friendship with him => story he inspired] was one of the first serious projects I came up with after graduating college. This was Two Thousand, a coming-of-age story centered on a number of Gen X kids in Boston just after they graduated (read: not quite a Gary Stu, but kinda close at the time).
In short, the story, set in 1993 or so, is bracketed by a conversation one character (me) has with another (Jon A) outside the old Buzzy's Roast Beef one late night, in which one bets the other that he won't have made any life for himself by the year 2000. The story itself is the friendship/animosity between those two, as well as their group of friends, as they attempt to shift their lives from academia to Real Life. Being that a lot of this story was semi-inspired by real life events thanks to my old Radio Radio posts, most of you know how the real-life version ends. It's definitely a coming-of-age story and one that's firmly placed in the Gen X/Slacker 90s. There's the typical whinging, joblessness, and failed dreaming of course, but there's also humor, silliness and a hell of a lot of music too.
I still want to write this one, though I'm not entirely sure when I'll get to it. I suppose I could spend my longhand writing time playing with scenes and outlining, though that may not happen for a bit. We'll see.
In short, the story, set in 1993 or so, is bracketed by a conversation one character (me) has with another (Jon A) outside the old Buzzy's Roast Beef one late night, in which one bets the other that he won't have made any life for himself by the year 2000. The story itself is the friendship/animosity between those two, as well as their group of friends, as they attempt to shift their lives from academia to Real Life. Being that a lot of this story was semi-inspired by real life events thanks to my old Radio Radio posts, most of you know how the real-life version ends. It's definitely a coming-of-age story and one that's firmly placed in the Gen X/Slacker 90s. There's the typical whinging, joblessness, and failed dreaming of course, but there's also humor, silliness and a hell of a lot of music too.
I still want to write this one, though I'm not entirely sure when I'll get to it. I suppose I could spend my longhand writing time playing with scenes and outlining, though that may not happen for a bit. We'll see.
