Move「旅」

by Takatsu

The life of a struggling musician in a cruel world with no room for dreams. A semi-autobiographical alternate reality story.

I realized I had to come to terms with some of the things I've always wanted to express in writing for years, but never had the courage to do so. I am going to attempt something I've always wanted to do. Express the passions and dreams and struggles in my life, and also write out a fantasy of an alternate reality if I were to follow my dreams whole-heartedly.

Hope you enjoy.

Read on Textnovel.com - http://tiny.cc/movemusic

Expected date of completion October 2013

From the award-winning pioneer cell phone novelist in North America, takatsu, author of most popular young adult Secondhand Memories, fantasy and sci-fi saga The Fringe of District 24 and apocalyptic All's Well That Ends Well

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About the author

Takatsu is a poet, novelist, publisher, designer, event and community coordinator and featured Wattpad Star of 20,000 followers from Toronto. In 2008, through Secondhand Memories , he pioneered English “cell phone novels”. In 2014, his acclaimed literary novel, Espresso Love won a Watty’s Award and reached 1 million reads. Inspiritus Press released his literary and art collection, Of Forests & Clocks & Dreams , in 2016, and he received the Babs Burggraf Award for short story "The Elephant Girl". In 2017, he edited Apparatus, a poetry and prose anthology by 15 contributors. His debut poetry chapbook Kawatare was published by Anstruther Press in August 2017. Forthcoming is a poem in PRISM International. He continues to coordinate community and innovation through Inspiritus Press, Crossroads Literary Festival, Bring the Noise Street Poetry Tour, the Wattpad Literary Fiction Network, the Cell Phone Novel movement and social marketing initiatives.

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Reviews

[Vanessa Glau · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one reminded me a little of Banana Yoshimoto, especially the scenes at the hostel, but I'm tired of comparing authors, so I'll leave it from now on.

Again, I really enjoyed reading this wonderful story about dreams and self-doubt. Taka seems so sure of his path in the beginning, but as he talks more with Kanade, joins a band and runs after Tomomi (in a good way), doubts threaten to crush him. There's nothing artful or complex to this story, but it's heartwarming and encouraging all the same. I also love how Takatsu plays with the format of the cellphone novel and constructs his beautiful descriptions.

The last part I found especially interesting. A kitchen or dining table as a place to sit together and tell stories is such an ancient setting - people have come together around fires since the beginning of time. Tomomi might seem lonely and poor to him, but in fact she lives with all those people who can appreciate a good story. It was really great to see how Taka realizes that, then finds the strength to admit his doubts and move on.

The end was a little confusing. Is it really an end? I'm almost sure it's Kanade visiting him, but I've no idea why or what they'll talk about. Still, I've a feeling Taka will live more sincerely after visiting Tomomi and that's all I really need to know.

[Дарья · Rating 4 out of 5]

"
Floating apparitions

in a void

a vacuum

an emptiness

so great

it engulfs my apartment."