As of right now, I'm on page 139 of my independent novel, When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. What's been happening so far is that the main character, Toby has been having some internal conflicts within himself and conflicts with the world around him. His first conflicts is when his mother leaves to pursue a career with being a singer. So she travels to Nashville to enter a contest to win a record deal. She didn't win and was only a runner up. After the contect, another publisher offered her a deal , so she decided to stay in Tennessee. She writes a letter to Toby saying that she just isn't happy there in their home town of Antler, Texas, so she decides to leave her husband. This external conflicts sets out one within Toby about whether or not to accept his family falling apart; so he decides to lie. Toby doesn't have anyone to turn to so he writes a letter to his best friend's (Cal) brother who's over seas in the war. He signs the letter as Cal. But more recently in the book, Toby and Cal join together and try getting the new "drive by town freak" to go to the drive in move theater with them. The "freak" is a 15 year old boy who is extremely over weight. Once the boy's gardian abandons him, Toby and Cal try keeping him company.
For my personal opion of the book, I like it. It's easy to read and doesn't move at a too slow of a pace so it's easily to get into it right away. I think the main character has some issues in himself that he tries to deal with, all when his parents are taking a break from each other. Toby isn't the only person who is having some issues I think. The fat boy, Zachary Beaver, seems like a more complex character then the book is showing. It seems as if he's having trouble with how over weight he is. He acts like he doesn't care about what people think of him, but then he shows little hints that he wishes people wouldn't stare and make fun of him.
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