A quarter of a century ago he penned a critically acclaimed bestseller. Hollywood even made a movie out of the novel starring Al Pacino. The success of the book helped him earn tenure at the university where he taught literature and writing.
Tenure put him on easy street.
Or did it?
He's been working on his second novel for twenty-five years! In that time he has bored his wife and his pals half to death. She fled for the hills years ago and they beeline in the other direction when he comes into view.
No matter. He will not be deterred. He is 100% certain God, or some other purveyor of Providence, wants him to carry on. Wants him to keep scribbling. Wants him to finish this magnificent Magnum Opus.
This work, he believes, is his Destiny. It is all the evidence he needs to know his life has Meaning.
So what a bummer when a wind storm brings it all crashing down.
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