{"id":7481,"date":"2021-10-25T19:10:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=7481"},"modified":"2021-10-25T19:10:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:10:41","slug":"when-writing-dreams-come-true-lvc-alum-publishes-new-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2021\/10\/25\/when-writing-dreams-come-true-lvc-alum-publishes-new-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"When writing dreams come true: LVC alum publishes new novel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Angelica Fraine ’23, Staff Writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life has a strange way of taking us places we never thought we\u2019d go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Khalil Brim, this was how he discovered his passion for the written craft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor a very long time, I didn\u2019t know what I wanted to be,\u201d\u00a0Brim said. \u201cThen, 10th grade hit, and I hated school with a passion. You know, one of those 15 year-old periods where you just hate everything? So, I thought, I need to do something that will get me out of school, and that was writing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his earlier life, Brim experienced death in the family, leading to his love of poetry. So throughout his sophomore year in high school, he wrote numerous poems and stories which developed into a dream of leaving school and becoming published.  Now an LVC Alum, Brim is riding the highs of promoting his action\/adventure novel, \u201cThe Flower of the Valencia\u201d, a novel of two sworn enemies, who ultimately must come together in the face of danger to protect those they love and show the world who they really are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had this idea for an action packed story, but I didn\u2019t get far,\u201d Brim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the beginning stages of his writing process, Brim said there were only two characters and copious amounts of action, causing roadblocks at every turn. Eventually, he put the story away and wouldn\u2019t look at it again for another two years, until his 12th grade English teacher helped him put the pieces into place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe told me a very famous mantra in the writing community: Write what you want to read, not what you think people want you to write. That story back then did not have magic, and all I was reading was fantasy,\u201d Brim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With motivation replenished and a new outlook on his writing, Brim continued to work elements of the fantastical into his novel. He brought the story new life that unraveled a complex narrative of four different views to offer readers a gripping atmosphere devoid of a dull moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the number one thing readers can take away is trusting your heart and trusting who you are as an individual,\u201d Brim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He feels that we as humans believe so much of what our surroundings and other people\u2019s narratives of who we are say about us. In his novel, the characters go through moments where others try to define their story. They are then tasked to look inside themselves and find a way to show those closest to them who they truly are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, it\u2019s a high-paced action-packed story, but I think with any work that I do, I will always have some type of under-carrying of meaningfulness to it,\u201d Brim said. \u201cI think whenever we write, it\u2019s a representation of the self. My <\/em>self is in this book, cover to cover, and I encourage people to read it not only for the action, but to try to get the meaning of those actions as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brim\u2019s novel, \u201cThe Flower of the Valencia\u201d is available everywhere for purchase.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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