Cole Eady's "The Grind"

       This story is about a young writer named Skipper Fischer who wants to make it in "undoubtedly one of the hardest businesses to work in" and work as a comedic writer for Stewart Donahue's show "Midnight Slot with Stewart Donahue." As Skipper begins to proceed through the interview process for the job hiring, the narrator's motives change. Skipper realizes that the glamour, fame, and even experience was far from what he had anticipated it to be. Though he is given the job, Skipper turns it down. As the reader, this is a fairly surprising outcome. Personally, I just thought he was not going to get offered the job, but in contrast he did and actually turned Stewart Donahue down himself in a twist of events. The narrator changes in an extremely quick amount of time and makes a huge decision/opportunity in what seems like a matter of minutes.
       I loved the narrative voice throughout this story. I found it to be very relatable and entertaining. Many lines were quite humorous because they were so brutally honest. I think Cole did a great job with developing Skipper and allowing the reader to see what type of guy he is. The only thing I would chage or play around with is the ending. I kinda of felt as though it was somewhat rushed and that Skipper changed his mind in a matter of minutes and turns down a huge opportunity. Of course, I could have read it wrong, but i really enjoyed the story and loved Skipper's character and being able to see inside his thoughts.