{"id":3043,"date":"2024-05-02T21:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T02:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?page_id=3043"},"modified":"2025-06-14T10:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T15:40:02","slug":"local-boy-done-gone-chapter-commentary-index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/authors-commentary\/local-boy-done-gone-chapter-commentary-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Boy Done Gone – Chapter Commentary Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PART I: Stolen Songs, Stolen Ideas<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1: October 1969<\/a><\/strong>
In which we’re back, in more ways than one…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2: If Only No One Won<\/strong><\/a>
In which my favorite chapter title houses thematic foreshadowing and a sneaky mnemonic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3: How We Met<\/a><\/strong>
In which who we meet and who we’re supposed to meet may not be the same girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4: Where Has The Music Gone?<\/a><\/strong>
In which we get a little help from our friends Barry & Harry via a lost song by Mason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5: Piano Man & The New Plan<\/a><\/strong>
In which Billy’s stage name & what Paul told Stan to make take us back to the open mic night where Local Boy was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6: A Trio of Dueling Suitors<\/a><\/strong>
In which we briefly encounter a duo of old friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART II: A Van & A List<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7: About an Encore<\/a><\/strong>
In which we stay for one more song before joining a redhead in a tan van.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8: The Big Break-In<\/a><\/strong>
In which we “re-enact” a scene from the other book without spoiling the stand-alone-ness of this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9: Hit List<\/strong><\/a>
In which Local Boy sees something he shouldn’t, and begins to worry Paul is dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10: If The Shoe Fits<\/a><\/strong>
In which we’re free to be whatever we want at a 1996 Oasis concert with an abrupt ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11: Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Were You?<\/a><\/strong>
In which we’re ready and we’re willing to watch cartoons with Jimmy while pondering where the time went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12: The New Abnormal<\/a><\/strong>
In which we bide our time with research and adorn our commentary posts with bird paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART III: Four Weddings and a Fun Era<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13: The Wedding Singer<\/a><\/strong>
In which two of Hugh Grant, Adam Sandler, and\/or Jim Morrison play a crucial role beyond mere movie title invocation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

14: Devotional Deviations<\/a><\/strong>
In which we have just a little bit of history repeating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15: Double Trouble<\/a><\/strong>
In which we reference The Breeders for no good reason, Kuco Mist for a mysterious reason, and both the 27 Club and a book called Timely Persuasion<\/em> for plot forwarding reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16: New Age<\/a><\/strong>
In which Dylan & Lennon aid a debate on song\/album\/chapter titling, Daphne quotes a great in real handwriting, we ponder the meaning of a fourth time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17: Timely Persuasion<\/a><\/strong>
In which we respect the greats who boldly name albums after songs from previous records while analyzing Local Boy’s book report & Daphne’s cryptic annotations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18: A Wife, A Butterfly<\/a><\/strong>
In which we bring AWAB back in a more appropriate context and attend the same wedding in two timelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19: Wrong Way<\/a><\/strong>
In which we sublimely bring this section to a close after getting a few things off our chest and dropping one more wedding day bombshell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART IV: The Kids Are Alright<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20: Start Choppin’<\/a><\/strong>
In which we do go back to that, and show respect to a legendarily great Boston DJ from the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21: Keep Fishin’<\/strong><\/a>
In which we keep apostrophein’ until the redhead returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22: People Talkin’<\/a><\/strong>
In which we’re inadvertently talkin’ about two of my most common stylistic writing choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23: Ain’t Misbehavin’<\/a><\/strong>
In which a list of 27 names of 27 year old musicians take center stage in a chapter of a different number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24: Hoverin’<\/a><\/strong>
In which we Leap to the Future Part II via a past book and a new old show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25: Livin’ in the Woods in a Tree<\/a><\/strong>
In which we’re sittin’ in a tree (in a blaze of glory), but definitely not K-I-S-S-I-N-G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26: Lyin’ Eyes<\/a><\/strong>
In which we can’t hide, as you might have thought by now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART V: All The Way With LBJ!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

27: Doo & Dum<\/a><\/strong>
In which we do(o) something dum(b) in our effort to wrap up the novel in exactly 27 chapters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28: Under The Covers<\/a><\/strong>
In which a not-so-creative play on words summarizes the chapter and segues into the book cover that almost was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29: Lyndon B. Goode<\/a><\/strong>
In which we go go to the temporal junction point of the entire space-timely persuasion continuum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30: A Denial, A L3DG(EDLY)<\/a><\/strong>
In which we really do have a less dangerous plan leading back to the tan van.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

31: Buckle Up Before Double Crossing the Street<\/a><\/strong>
In which we provide extended explanations for unexplained events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

32: And Then I Wrote A Song<\/a><\/strong>
In which The Supersuckers of the future inspire a chapter title of the past without realizing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

33: Through The Living Years<\/a><\/strong>
In which an opening line unifies the JLC catalog, and a referential short chapter sparks an analysis of how to potentially shorten the chapter count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

34: Putting Won and One Together<\/a><\/strong>
In which after putting 27 eyes on the list, we’re Won One and done…for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PART I: Stolen Songs, Stolen Ideas 1: October 1969In which we’re back, in more ways than one… 2: If Only No One WonIn which my favorite chapter title houses thematic foreshadowing and a sneaky mnemonic. 3: How We MetIn which who we meet and who we’re supposed to meet may not be the same girl….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2173,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3043","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3pfx3-N5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20,"url":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/authors-commentary\/chapter-commentary-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":3043,"position":0},"title":"Timely Persuasion: Chapter Commentary Index","author":"LBDG","date":"August 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Below are quick links to the chapter by chapter \"author's commentary\" posts regarding the story, the inspiration, the writing process, and hints to a few easter eggs included in Timely Persuasion. Prologue In which we learn what motivates our hero. One In which the seeds for adventure are planted, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 2 comments","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/authors-commentary\/chapter-commentary-index\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2171,"url":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/authors-commentary\/l-extreme-chapter-commentary-index\/","url_meta":{"origin":3043,"position":1},"title":"L Extreme: Chapter Commentary Index","author":"LBDG","date":"May 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"L Extreme is a novel inspired by the album\u00a0A Love Extreme by Benji Hughes. Follow the links below for a behind the scenes peek into my thought process song by song, chapter by chapter. APPETIZER Origin Story, Part I Novelization of an album? Anachronistic soundtrack? Influenced by space entities? You\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-1024x837.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-1024x837.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-1024x837.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-1024x837.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3043"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3523,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3043\/revisions\/3523"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}