Story Idea 2

Calvin is watching his family deteriorate. The family business, a once proud and growing music store in North Conway New Hampshire, is not adjusting well to the new media age. The stress of the monthly bills added to his parent’s already rocky relationship is causing Calvin to hate his living situation more and more every day. Calvin's Dad is constantly being berated by real-estate agents and larger companies to sell this once thriving store, but it’s the not the store the big-names want, it’s the property. Calvin's Dad doesn't want to see the music store razed just to be replaced by the next big money making store of the times.
Calvin finds refuge working for a local ski mountain as a ski instructor with his younger brother Simon. They both spend as much time away from their home as possible due to the stress. The one thing Calvin hates more than anything is how he is always surrounded by rich people. His neighbors in North Conway, the people he shares the road with on the way to work, the students he teaches at the mountain. Money surrounds Calvin every day, yet he has to watch his parents retirement savings dwindle to nothing. Calvin is taking the spring semester off from school so he can continue to save money but he knows the minimum wage he's making at the mountain will do little to soften the blow of his college costs. If Calvin can count on anything, it’s the tips he gets from his student’s parents. One day Calvin will receive a tip worth more than anything, a tip that could save his parent's lives, or give Calvin a reason to leave the ski-town once and for all.

-Ian Vogler