Post by icefang on May 16, 2006 17:35:47 GMT -5
I'm writing a story!!!!!!!!!!! I usually wouldn't alert you of it because I'm always writing stories, but this one I'm verrrrrry excited about! It's called Love Forever, Kevin. It's about this guy named Kevin Lee. He is a very old man now, and will die soon, but most of the story takes place in his youth, when he was a junior in high school. He knew this girl, Arielle, for a year, and came to fall in love with her. Arielle's blind, but helps him see the world in a whole new light. Early on in the year, after he got to know her and become friends with her, she was diagnosed with cancer. Her family could not pay for chemo. Eventually, she dies.
What I really like about this is that it's all made in a letter form. So it starts out with Dear Arielle, and he writes a letter to her, even though she's dead, about all his feelings. He knows he's going to die soon, and he wants it read at his funeral. He says a bit, then tells the story of their year together, says a bit more, and it ends with 'Love Forever, Kevin.' I may or may not put in an epilogue saying it was read at his funeral, but I'm just LOVING this idea right now! Here's the beginning:
Dear Arielle,
Not a day goes by when I don’t think of you… think about what life may have been like for us if things had been different. I had been considering writing this letter to you for years. It seemed almost ludicrous to write a letter to you now. But I need to finally let all my feelings out before I die. I only hope this may be read at my funeral.
I had such a fantastic year with you. It was perfect. I only wish it could’ve been longer. But I would rather live a day with you than my entire life without you. I don’t know how you did it, how you enticed me so. Can you tell me? Is it a secret?
To me, you never died. You were never even alive. I know what happened. God saw me, saw how miserable I was, and sent you down. You were an angel from heaven, and you came to watch over me for a short time. When you died, it was only God calling you home.
That year was perfect… I remember when we first met. In fact, I remember every moment I spent with you as if it were yesterday. For the benefit of those listening now, let me tell you about my junior year of high school…
At which point it becomes more like a story. I'm not looking for suggestions really. I just want you to see it.
What I really like about this is that it's all made in a letter form. So it starts out with Dear Arielle, and he writes a letter to her, even though she's dead, about all his feelings. He knows he's going to die soon, and he wants it read at his funeral. He says a bit, then tells the story of their year together, says a bit more, and it ends with 'Love Forever, Kevin.' I may or may not put in an epilogue saying it was read at his funeral, but I'm just LOVING this idea right now! Here's the beginning:
Dear Arielle,
Not a day goes by when I don’t think of you… think about what life may have been like for us if things had been different. I had been considering writing this letter to you for years. It seemed almost ludicrous to write a letter to you now. But I need to finally let all my feelings out before I die. I only hope this may be read at my funeral.
I had such a fantastic year with you. It was perfect. I only wish it could’ve been longer. But I would rather live a day with you than my entire life without you. I don’t know how you did it, how you enticed me so. Can you tell me? Is it a secret?
To me, you never died. You were never even alive. I know what happened. God saw me, saw how miserable I was, and sent you down. You were an angel from heaven, and you came to watch over me for a short time. When you died, it was only God calling you home.
That year was perfect… I remember when we first met. In fact, I remember every moment I spent with you as if it were yesterday. For the benefit of those listening now, let me tell you about my junior year of high school…
At which point it becomes more like a story. I'm not looking for suggestions really. I just want you to see it.
