There's a story to be told... not sure exactly what that story looks like, but as Kruse has said, it's not EXACTLY Davidson basketball. It's community, connectedness, personified by Davidson basketball. It's like a massive puzzle (think exam time at the Library), and we all have a piece of it in our hand. We just need to know and understand where our puzzle piece fits. A story, a theme, an emotion. Think something like the Bro and Tripp story. It doesn't even have to be a non fiction thread (try to breath Michael). I can imagine a historical fiction piece of sorts with a main character formed by our collective stories. Or maybe it's like Kruse's book... the Davidson Basketball Moment. But not moment, Moments. We all have a Davidson basketball moment in our mind that was special for some reason or in some way. Maybe it was a game, a play, or a car ride on the way to game. And the story is about those moments. Yes, there is still THE Davidson basketball moment, but I'm supposing the story, like in your book, was really told long before THE moment ever occurred. Maybe just request an all call for all Davidson basketball moments. Then piece it all together.
Consider this that all-call request.
Exactly.
ReplyDeleteI agree. As this post suggests, "the moment" had before, underneath, and after it many other moments, and I guess that's what you are looking for. What I'm trying to write involves lots of reflection on travel, food, family, and all sorts of things that are off the court. The diffuse nature of that is what makes it both seductive and difficult as a writing project.
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