Originally Posted by
NOS88
OK, so this is the introduction to a short story my brother has started writing about a "rite of passage" kind of bicycle trip we took as very young men. He's about six pages into it and says he's going to stop. He says it's just nostalgia raising its ugly head as he gets older. My brother has had some rough times lately, some illness that will be with him the rest of his days, the loss of a job, and a few other things. Personally, I think continuing with his writing would be a good thing. Am I nuts for thinking this?
I'm finishing up editing a story my grandfather wrote about a trip he took in 1920. It wasn't by bicycle, but the people he met and the places he went, cannot be recreated, but they still live in his story. He opens up a world that has since vanished.
Your brother should write it.