When I found the folder in the bookstore, I had a thought: What if that was the premise for a story or a novel? The trick is as old as Cervantes and Don Quijote, Conrad and Marlow, and so many other authors who have used the "narrator" to take over the story telling and let them (the author) stand god-like above the fray of story telling.
And, the specific rouse of the "found manuscript" is also old and tired and overused, so I wanted a new take on this.
If I learned anything in Silicon Valley it was that nobody want a "brand new, totally different thing". What most people wanted (read investors) was a new twist on an old, tried-and-true, tested, and loved old thing.
Madison Avenue also knows this. That is why they take Soap X and put out "New and Improved" Soap X. Not a new soap, but rather the old favorite with a twist: say Old Soap but with new Lemon aroma.
So, how does that relate to my brainstorm of using the old gag of "found manuscript" to turn my old momoire into a novel? Read the next installment.
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