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"I was really intrigued by this one for several reasons. The main one being the meaning of the lines "Connor sang him a song about Calendars. Alex was unsung." I'm not entirely sure what it is you're getting at there, but felt it was important to a deeper sense of the character's feelings. It could be that it's just an allusion that I don't get (which the capitalization of "Calenders" suggests), but either way, I wondered what you meant by being unsung. Most people never have songs written about them, so the literal meaning doesn't fit; all I could make of it was that he's upset over unnoticed/unrequited love or interest, but your characters tend to be a little more depth that than. Plus, from the quirky wording, I'm led to believe it was a very carefully-chosen pair of sentences. Anyway, I enjoyed the reading, as always. Keep it up. :)"

I will respond per sentence. Not really, but I'll try.

Thank you. I like that line, it's why I started (ended, really) the story by saying that. I say ended because originally this was a shallow story about a boy who was sad, and this was inspired by the song "The Calendar Hung Itself" by Bright Eyes (lead singer Connor Oberst: hence the Conner singing him a song). I was told that some of the most interesting stories begin at the last line, and this is where I started this one. I learned more about Alex in the few lines I posted than I knew through an entire story. Next, I might have to look for a different meaning of Unsung. I was using it to mean that nothing ever turns out as he hopes, he is a tragic character in that aspect. But I want him to be an unknown hero. An unsung hero, if you will. Maybe I will change it to "His song was unsung" or "His scenario was unsung" or something to that effect.
I'm writing this in 3rd person with an obvious lens of Alex, so I'm trying to go as deep into his mind without going into 1st. He believes that he is unsung, as in the literal definition. So by him saying (or thinking) that he is unsung, he is allowing the reader to know that he feels that he does not get the credit he deserves. It was very carefully chosen, and I had a difficult time following it up. I feel like it tells a lot about the character; however, I'm not sure (judging by your response) that I portrayed it in the correct light. I'll try to re-work it. Thank you for the input:) And I will.