How to Succeed by Failing (Black Hill Press: Novellas)

Twenty-three year old JB finds himself in need of an upgrade in life now that he has been out of college for nine months and has found little success as an aspiring actor. Only to his surprise do the events of 9/11 ignite within him and his friends, Nick and Paulo, a sudden urge to flee Los Angeles, purge themselves of an uninspiring life, and create art — that is, an improvisational film involving each other, friends and family, and strangers they meet along the way as they venture up the Californian coast and into the Pacific Northwest. While completing the film remains their end goal, it seems more often than not they are sidetracked, resulting in an unexpected turn of events.