“Three hundred words of dialogue?” she asked.
“That’s right,” I told her.
“By the end of the day?”
“Yip.”
“How are you going to do that? You haven’t been home since you saw the email yesterday.”
“I don’t know,” I replied. “It must be possible, surely.”
“But three hundred words… how long would that take you to write?”
“Not too long, I hope.”
“But to come up with a topic. Some characters. At least two of them, I would think, unless you’re going to be talking to yourself?”
“I don’t talk to myself.”
“Really? Ok, let’s go with that. You don’t have time for that discussion.”
“Thanks. I think.”
“But seriously. What are you going to write about? This is an international competition. It better be good. Do you have any ideas?”
“I’ll think of something. If you would just be quiet and let me think for a minute.”
“Oh. I see. So now I’m the problem?”
“What?”
“You’ve got writers block, and now you’re trying to blame it on me?”
“Did I say that?”
“You were thinking it. I saw it in your eyes.”
“All you saw in my eyes was my love and admiration for you, dear. Now shut up and let me think for a while.”
Silence.
“Did you just tell me to shut up?”
Sigh.
“In as sweet a way as possible, dear.”
“Have you thought of anything yet?”
“No, but there’s still time.”
“How will you know how many words you’ve written, anyway?”
“I just will.”
“That Android tablet won’t tell you how many words you’ve written. It isn’t like your laptop. I told you that you should have brought the laptop instead.”
“Yes, dear. You certainly did. More than once, in fact.”
Silence.
But not for long.
“So have you thought of anything yet?”
Extract from Anthology of Snippets, 20 short shorts that were a lot of fun to write. I hope they’re as much fun to read.
Available dirt-cheap on Amazon. And on Amazon.co.uk. Free on Kindle Unlimited.
Also included in Tales From The Crying Room, a combined paperback-only (so far) version of these snippets, a few actual short stories, and a radio play I wrote for a competition (I didn’t win).
Till next time.
Cheers.
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