Which perspective should I write from?

Yesterday,
the story of my high school classmate,
O-san, came to an end.
Please read it if you'd like♪

Vol. 1 and 2 were about
the passion toward becoming a musical star,
the incredible drive,
and how to face one's dreams.
I wrote them focusing on O-san's perspective.



I held back on including my own episodes
for fear of getting in the way of the story.
I also only wrote the bare minimum about her parents' feelings.

In Vol. 3,
I wrote a lot about her parents' feelings
and what I felt.

After all,
I wanted to write this story
from three perspectives:
O-san's perspective,
her parents' perspective,
and my perspective as a friend.

This was what I was most conscious of
when I conceived this story.
O-san's sense of speed was the key.
I wanted to create a development that made the most of that.

There was even a story about her being asked by a teacher she liked
in a park to cut ties and live a long life.

However,
I decided against it as it seemed like it would become a massive epic.
Three articles of 1000 characters each.
I wanted to keep it within that.
That's because I wanted to leave some space in the words
for the reader to imagine.

While I was writing,
tears were streaming down and wouldn't stop.
However,
I wanted to pour my own body heat into the text.
I would be happy
if my burning feelings reached you.

It's a story that has received many requests,
such as being performed in musicals,
being adapted into TV dramas
(which happened twice),
being offered to be made into a movie,
or being turned into a booklet.

What if I wrote it and it was off
from O-san's feelings or her family's feelings...

The pressure of writing
with the bar already raised.
That was the reason
I hadn't been able to write it until now.

The reason I was able to write it
was a single comment from Nennen-san,
who took an interest in O-san,
who appeared briefly in the high school story.

If it weren't for those words,
I wouldn't have written it.
They pushed the desire I had inside me to try writing it.
Nennen-san,
thank you very much♪

If it weren't for the 66-day writing challenge,
I probably wouldn't have written it.
I have that feeling.
Yasu-san, thank you.
I felt the necessity to write it
deep within myself.

Being able to take on such a bold challenge
like I did is also the charm of the 66-day writing challenge.

*Finally
The moment I first saw Mr. O
my heart skipped a beat.
But, please keep it a secret that I immediately
gave up, realizing he was someone
I couldn't handle.

Thank you for reading
until the end.

#66DayWritingChallenge
Day 35