Peace & Love,
Allison
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The In-Between Years
My latest idea for a novel has sprung from my own experience. We are so often told to write what we know... here is what I have come to know as true. The four (or sometimes five or six, depending on who you are) years that we spend in college are unlike any other time in our lives. We are sometimes forced to inhabit substandard living conditions; not to mention dealing with annoying, loud, or even thieving roommates. Our class load is sometimes too difficult to handle at times, yet vacations such as Spring Break and the summer time calm our nerves. Some experiences are better than others, but in the end, they all teach us something about our selves. In turn, we grow from adolescent high school students into knowledgeable young adults (well, most of us do). We develop our minds, bodies, and spirits in ways we could have never imagined possible. Individually, I have learned who I am as a person, friend, sister, daughter, and girlfriend. As a whole, I have learned who I want to be "when I grow up."
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It sounds like an interesting stage of development to explore. Particularly since I have read so many excellent and *frustrating* "coming of age" novels that I can list. Excellent because they take place at a critical stage in our lives when we first find out who we are, and how the world works. Frustrating because the stories tend to end shortly after the discovery is made, either in a near little package or in a neater little death, so that the author won't have to deal with their own conclusions. It sounds like what you're talking about would start in the aftermath of a coming of age, and deal with the "Huh, so now what?" of life. I think that a lot of people would like to have a little inspiration on how to better navigate that phase of their life. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
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