Life of a Creative Writing Grad Student [and knitter]

The occasional opining of a sleep-deprived grad student, with cheese.

Saturday, September 25, 2004

Modular Stories and the Circus from Hell

Here's what I've got, folks. The cast is as follows:

Cynthia: girlfriend, bimbo, all around not-nice-person.
Boyfriend: of Cynthia, Girl's father; divorced.
Girl: really hates Cynthia; crazy.
Cat: lives with Cynthia, can't get over bizarre human mating rituals as witnessed when Cynthia comes home with dates.
The Ex: still madly in love with Cynthia, and unable to recognize that all the horrible things she's done to him are her way of breaking up with him.
The Mother: of Cynthia; in denial about her daughter's behavior, gradually comes to wonder where she went wrong.

This cast of characters will rotate in and out of the storyline in the form of short scenes, which will gradually get worse and worse (and funnier and funnier) until the story ends because I can't think of anything else to say.

I'm shooting for “morbidly lighthearted humor”. Pray for me.

At this point, every character is developed, with a story behind him, her, or it. Every character has a personality, and a reason for being. They are all trapped in my head. This is the problem.

I'll see you all later, maybe when the story is coming along. Just figured I'd let you in on what's not happening here.

End.

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