Behind the Story: To Have, To Hold, For Here, To Go

Several stories were in the incubator but none was ready for prime time. I took my car to the shop for a tire repair, and found the idea of sitting in the waiting room at Goodyear Tire reprehensible. I limped next door to the Arby’s thinking it would be a good place to read through some literature that I was considering for the next great screenplay. It wasn’t working for me.

 

Then, it happened. The old man sitting at the table next to me started complaining about not getting a napkin with his sandwich. It was so pure, so genuine, that he struck me immediately as a character for one of my fictional pursuits. He was indeed wearing a suit, and he was, indeed, on a date. I did, indeed, offer him a few napkins. This man stuck in my mind the rest of the day.

 

I fell in love with the idea of two people falling in love – or not – at Arby’s. I think people will like my Norman character.

 

“To Have, To Hold, For Here, To Go” is available as a Kindle download.