Monday, June 20, 2005

100 words from someone with a bad memory

Here's what you get when you have a terrible memory and you don't go and reread the rules before you try and write a 100 word story for Lisa.

On Becoming Smaller -

Lucia stared at the casting director, tapping her foot, impatient to be gone. She knew what she was going to hear and sure enough, here it came.

"Lucia, you're too big for TV. You're too loud, you have too much charisma, your body is too big, your voice is too big, you're just too much. The boobs are perfect, shrink everything else, keep the boobs."

"Those too big things make up the essential me."

"Come back when you're smaller. NEXT!"

Lucia tossed the casting notice over her shoulder and headed for the theater. Screw the small stuff!
So what did I forget? I can only use each word once and this story relies on repetitiveness for its oomph. Also the theme probably doesn't fit the tiny theme since it's a protest against society's insistence on smaller = better.

It was hard enough to do a real story (beginning, middle, end) in 100 words, I don't know if I can meet the guidelines on this one.

But you should totally try. Kick start your brain and see what comes out.

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