Fictional stories stretch the boundaries of imagination but most if not all are based on reality.
My fictional story would be a derivative of my personal experience.
I finished serving out my time in the Army and following that I had two options. I could take some time off, until Fall 2007 to enroll in college or I could start early in Spring 2007. Most of my fellow contemporaries took the former option but I chose to be different. Why, so garang (enthusiastic in colloquial Malay) ? This is a question most of my fellow friends asked me. My reasons were complex and it had huge ramifications in different aspects of my life.
I want to build a story in which provide a fictionalized, slice of the story where the emotions and actions can be explored in detail. Traveling alone, moving into a new country, a new problems. Having broken away from the norm, the protagonist faces numerous difficult dilemmas as he ponders over whether he made the right choice or not. Though choosing when to start school seems a relatively trivial choice, it is far more complex in the context of the protagonist.
The focus of the story would be on the journey from Singapore to dorm and the first day in Madison. The internal thoughts and actions of the protagonist would be covered in the story. I hope that the story can help me create a fictional framework to express my own experiences.
1 comment:
One of the most aparent things that jumps out right away is the realistic details, the story is very sensible. The focus on the young man working towards independence comes out well since all the other characters appear to show little sympathy- from the father at home, to the airline worker here. The tone has a lot of anxiety, and this comes through well as you speak from the character's head quite a bit. Jumping from the setting, then inside his head, then back out to the settings suits this tone well and develops independence. There isn't much dialogue between characters, but there is a lot of internal monologue- which furthers the idea of the main character being independent. The beginning of the story opens with a familiar setting, and it becomes apparent right away (w/o much description needed) that the protagonist is leaving his home and family. All in all, good work. I only have one question...what does "So garang (enthusiastic and eager)!" mean? Airline baggage misplacements seem to always happen at the worst time! This problem at the end moves towards the main theme of independence well.
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