/lit/ - Literature

I wanted to write a book about some guy (or girl, doesn't really matter) travelling across country on a sort of road trip to get his shit life together.

What starts the journey is a near death collision, in where he survives the crash, albeit in bad shape. The spot in which he has the crash, however, is known for being a prime area where a lot of crashes happen because it's a shitty part of the road, and a blind corner. There are lots of flowers often put on this corner by people who live in the town and who have lost loved one's. The main character knows about this corner very well, but ignores the dangers one night when he is stressed out over some mundane shit. After he get's out of the hospital, he goes on a road trip to find more of these spots, marking graves or accidents, to write about them.

On each stop he converses with locals and gets new perspective on his life. In the end he finally heads home and fixes his life.

Similar to the book Whirligig, but I don't want it to be -as- depressing. Just have some good downer moments, but mostly be uplifting.

Was thinking of calling it Flowers On The Side Of The Road, and have a pretty self explanatory picture for the cover.