My own novel!!!!!!!!

Ok, I completely agree with Mr. Lynn's statement that "everything happens for a reason" because I finished this post but accidently clicked something without saving the post and well I am trying to believe that it was all for the best.......


I prepared a story line last summer so that it can be submitted to the Literary Journal but I don't know what happened, I sank in because of the course load. Anyways, the story focuses on the stability of each moment in our life. I have always believed that there is a fine line between coincidence and fate, and that CHANCE IS THAT FINE LINE...........


Listen:
A young and ambitious girl was bidding goodbye to her apprehensive father who was sweating as if he was going to take the MCAT exams. She assured her father that she was going to be just fine, and that she was going to pursue her higher education. After her father leaving, she had to wait an extra hour for the train was late. She was going to gently step foot on the massive train, but then she felt a strange emotion to turn and look back......She did!!!! So it goes...


A sudden feeling prompted her to purchase a bottle of water, which she did. She was gulping it down as if she tasted water for the first time. Little did she know that the massive train slowly chooed its way out of the station.....She ran but was unable to catch up with that mode of transport. She left the station questioning WHY this happened? FOR WHAT? It is always easier to ask questions rather than to answer them.
She was terrified and shocked by the news which reached her the next day. Apparently, the train never reached the destination and nobody knew about its whereabouts! She thanked that moment of time which dragged and prompted her to step out of that machine, which completely changed her life.


This is the summary of that story line! I have seen many boast, many weep, many break down over small unimportant details but none looks at the bigger picture! Vonnegut through this novel wants us to evaluate ourselves by considering the half-full versions of our moments.


Similarly, I wanted to question the validity of chance and coincidence in our lives. If we focus on the pleasant aspect of a situation and shape the present, the future tends to be pleasant and rewarding. If we focus on the negative, there would be no pleasant emotion to fill in the emptiness. Let's consider this example: If Vonnegut did not write Slaughterhouse-Five, we would not be writing this very post.


I wanted my novel (or story line) to remind the general public about the validity of each of our lives. We are fragile beings  climbing the ladder of fate and chance with a flaw leading us downhill into the pitch of darkness to emerge again. Let us focus on the positive and IGNORE THE NEGATIVE as there will always be wars, conflicts, irritation, and quest for power. We can always pave the way for a change as the leader says, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THIS WORLD....


By: Parvathy