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Hi. I think I’ve written myself into a corner and may need to ditch an idea. This for my NaNoWriMo novel so the majority may end up getting scrapped anyway.
I am writing a YA friendship/romance/family (dual POV) novel that is partly about a teen in a band. He has depression, at least, that’s what I thought, but I haven’t written much to showcase that aside from a therapy visit and mention he is on medication.
As far as the romance goes, it’s on the very back-burner though it is between the two narrators. It’s not a “love heals all” story because I don’t even want the romance to be the focus, if it turns out that way, I’ll be taking out the depression during revision.
I am wondering then how depression would affect his being in a band. He is the lead singer of this band, they’re doing well, they’re getting more popular. The plan was to have him go viral, deal with that while also having depression and possibly going on tour.
I’m now wondering if when revising, I should take out all of the depression mention because I don’t think he could go on a (three month) tour while having depression.
My novel takes place over three months in the summer.
I guess what I am wanting research on his teen depression and serious hobbies. Would it be possible for him to do this band while having depression? Would it be possible for him to go far with it? I know several musicians have had mental illness but being at a young age, I don’t know if it’s plausible anymore.
I am writing a YA friendship/romance/family (dual POV) novel that is partly about a teen in a band. He has depression, at least, that’s what I thought, but I haven’t written much to showcase that aside from a therapy visit and mention he is on medication.
As far as the romance goes, it’s on the very back-burner though it is between the two narrators. It’s not a “love heals all” story because I don’t even want the romance to be the focus, if it turns out that way, I’ll be taking out the depression during revision.
I am wondering then how depression would affect his being in a band. He is the lead singer of this band, they’re doing well, they’re getting more popular. The plan was to have him go viral, deal with that while also having depression and possibly going on tour.
I’m now wondering if when revising, I should take out all of the depression mention because I don’t think he could go on a (three month) tour while having depression.
My novel takes place over three months in the summer.
I guess what I am wanting research on his teen depression and serious hobbies. Would it be possible for him to do this band while having depression? Would it be possible for him to go far with it? I know several musicians have had mental illness but being at a young age, I don’t know if it’s plausible anymore.
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