A guy at the library in Boise told me his story idea and it's been stuck in my head for weeks

I was looking for a book on plot structure and this older man, maybe in his 60s, saw me and just started talking. He said he's writing a novel about a retired train conductor who finds a single, unmailed love letter from 1947 in an old station locker. He asked me what I thought the character should do next. I've been thinking about that conductor ever since. What would you have the character do with that letter?

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ray_patel271mo ago

That conductor is about to ruin his whole retirement.

ruby_murphy1mo ago

My cousin found a war medal in a thrift store once. We tracked down the family and returned it, which was a whole THING. That conductor should try to find the person who wrote it, even if it's just for closure.