Wake Me Up When September Ends Commentary

I was struggling with the sequel to Just Another 48 Hours, to give it an actual plot and subplots.  Then I was listening to the radio while reading the stuff on ff.net last night that I figured it out.  Green Day's Wake Me Up When September Ends came on, and I realized that I'd want to pick up in September, four months later.  It would be sufficient time to establish some of the things I want to have going on, but short enough that too many things don't seem pushed off.  Then wham!  I had the entire thing outlined before the morning was over.

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