When Brian decides he will go on The Bachelorette reality show:
Brian:
...I could use a vacation.
Stewie:
Oh yes cause you have such a heavy workload around here.
Mmm...
(his voice gets higher)
How you uh, how you comin' on that novel you're workin on? Huh?
Gotta a big, uh, big stack of papers there?
Gotta, gotta nice litte, nice little story you're working on there?
Your big novel you've been working on for 3 years? Huh?
Gotta, gotta compelling protaganist? Yeah?
Gotta, gotta, gotta obstacle for him to overcome? Huh?
Gotta story brewin there?
Working on, working on that for quite some time? Huh?
(voice getting higher pitched)
Yeah, talking about that 3 years ago. Yeah?
Been working on that the whole time?
Nice little ahh narrative?
A beginning, middle, and end?
Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends? Yeah?
At the end your ah main character is ah richer from the experience? Yeah? Yeah?
Yeah? You got that...
(voice returns to normal)
No, no, you deserve some time off.
After Brian falls in love with the Bachelorette only to find it was all made-for-tv:
Stewie:
(his voice getting progressively higher)
Oh I know it hurts now Brian, but look at the bright side:
you have some new material for that novel you've been writing.
You know...the novel you've been workin' on?
You know the the one, uh, you've been workin on for 3 years?
You know the novel.
Got somethin' new to write about now. You know?
Maybe a, maybe a main character gets into a relationship and suffers a little heartbreak?
Somethin' like what... what you've just been through?
Draw from real life experience?
Little, little heartbreak? You know?
Work it into the story?
Make the characters a little more three dimensional?
Little, uh, richer experience for the reader?
Make those second hundred pages really keep the reader guessing what's going to happen?
Some twists and turns?
A little epilogue?
Everybody learns that the hero's journey isn't always a happy one?
(voice returns to normal)
Oh, I look forward to reading it.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment