Journal 4

Potential opening for first chapter.


-Have you ever wanted more? Not more money, or more fame, or more stuff, but more out of life. Have you ever stopped in the middle of your day and said "What the hell am I doing all of this for?" Day after day you go to your job or your school and you know what will happen the next day, more work or more school. Have you ever said "If only I had more money I would just drop everything and get away."? If so, you are not alone. For some reason people continue to believe that it is necessary to wake up each day and hate where it is they are going, only to go to bed that night knowing they have to go to the same place the next day, and the next. Have you ever stopped for a minute and just listened to what was happening around you? Put down your phone, stop ordering your coffee, sit for a minute and just be. Though for some to be is not enough, they must be something. Know that you are not alone in your want to just be. Others have struggled with this want in a society full of somethings, so just know that you are not alone.


I decided to go with second person point of view for the opening because my idea is that this will make the reader think about their own lives and get a sense of the tone of the novel.There will be those who do not agree with this opening and this book is not for them, but my idea is that others will relate and will know immediately that this book is for them. The second person point of view writing can be very effective and strong when used in small doses so after this opening the writing would switch to either first or third person narrative and we would be introduced to our protagonist and the story would begin.