/lit/ - Literature

>>3824382
Its hard to tell which im more comfortable with. This is my first long term project.

What im dealing with is this. The main character is at a party drunk, and hes remembering that someone close to him hasnt called in a few months, and hes beginning to worry about them. He tries calling the phone but it goes to voice mail, so he leaves them a short story to pass the time. The voice mail cuts him off, and he goes back through the house to leave the party.

The line I wasnt to start of with is "Its been three months since X called, and im beginning to worry". So its first person present, but I dont know if I want to write in present tense, but past tense sounds clunky as hell "It had been three months since X called, and I was beginning to worry". Also if I go to third person, the line and rest seem awkward.

>>3638741
Well
>>3638744
Here

A lot will have to do with skepticism, idealism, and the self. Boy questions his memories, wondering if they are made up, considering how he can know if they are or arent, if he is wasting his time and if he should be doing something else, considering if this isnt worth his time than what is. With the girl a lot is about a crisis in faith or simply trust.

So the two main themes are an existential crisis brought about with the characters past and shaping who he is, which makes him question what he ought to do,which leads to his relationship with the girl, wondering if he can trust her and if he wants to be with her in the future.