"Where to Start?" is about a sheltered boy, Darroll, that feels imprisoned by his father and mother. One day, when he went to public school for all of one day, his grandfather delivered him in an old sports car that fascinated him as a child. Later, when he died, his parents told him that the grandfather had sold it to pay off medical bills, and when he finds the grandfather's will, he runs from the house to find what rightfully belonged to him.
I liked the idea of the kingdom, prison, and home being the same general thing. You used some references to it later in the piece, but on the other hand, I think you could have played up the parallel more. I would have loved for you to use these three images to frame everything that can be done. I think this would give both a better sense of character and a better sense of his hatred of his home life.
On the other hand, the characters seem flat and the story thus seems incomplete. I believe an ending where nothing is resolved except the character's intention CAN work, but at the same time, everything else has to be perfect to make it work. Where the story is now, it seems like a story that ends midway through the plot. On the other hand, if you can make the decision to leave seem like a more monumental decision, then the success of his endeavor would seem less important.
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