VDV
"VDV" IS AN ONLINE NOVEL EXPLORING THE
MULTIFACETED NATURE OF LIFE'S CHALLENGES THROUGH
THE INTERWOVEN STORIES OF THREE DISTINCT
INDIVIDUALS. ACT 1, "FAMILY," INTRODUCES MAKOTO YUKI,
A YOUNG FREELANCE MUSICIAN GRAPPLING WITH
DETACHMENT AND THE WEIGHT OF FAMILIAL
EXPECTATIONS FOLLOWING HIS GRANDFATHER'S
PASSING. ACT 2, "CAREER," DELVES INTO MAKOTO'S
ARDUOUS JOURNEY NAVIGATING THE UNPREDICTABLE
WORLD OF FREELANCE WORK, BATTLING BURNOUT AND
QUESTIONING HIS ARTISTIC PATH. ACT 3, "CONNECTIONS,"
MARKS A TURNING POINT AS MAKOTO UNEXPECTEDLY
FINDS SOLACE AND SUPPORT IN NEW FRIENDSHIPS WITH A
BARTENDER AND A FELLOW CREATIVE, LEARNING THE
IMPORTANCE OF VULNERABILITY AND SHARED
EXPERIENCES. ULTIMATELY, "VDV" AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE
THAT THERE IS NO SINGLE "RIGHT" WAY TO NAVIGATE
LIFE'S COMPLEXITIES, OFFERING READERS A SPACE TO
FEEL SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE
STRUGGLES.