Story Premise
So it's not a story idea, but a general premise that I think warrants exploration in the future. I was watching the latest episode of Chuck with Jen. It's a Thanksgiving episode and everyone is there except John Casey (Adam Baldwin). A lot of times in these situations, they'll pan back and show Casey listening in from his apartment, as Chuck's life is thoroughly bugged. They did not do that in this case, but I imagined that line being added, while everyone else is talking and not paying attention, Chuck says "Happy Thanksgiving, Casey."
This gave me a suggestion for another story. I don't have the story itself, just a general premise. Giving it more thought as I type this post, I think it should actually be a play. You'd get away with more one-sided dialogue there and you wouldn't have to worry about describing the Other. Imagine a Soviet spy or some other person of interest. A woman who is aware that she is being bugged and has grown comfortable with that fact after so long a time. She talks to the empty room as if the other person were there. Enduring difficulties over the years, the Other becomes her only source of companionship in an increasingly isolated world. When the wall goes down and the empire falls, she's finally able to discover an affection that has existed unsubstantially over all these years. There's something there. I'll revisit that in the future.
...I wonder what the title should be.
This gave me a suggestion for another story. I don't have the story itself, just a general premise. Giving it more thought as I type this post, I think it should actually be a play. You'd get away with more one-sided dialogue there and you wouldn't have to worry about describing the Other. Imagine a Soviet spy or some other person of interest. A woman who is aware that she is being bugged and has grown comfortable with that fact after so long a time. She talks to the empty room as if the other person were there. Enduring difficulties over the years, the Other becomes her only source of companionship in an increasingly isolated world. When the wall goes down and the empire falls, she's finally able to discover an affection that has existed unsubstantially over all these years. There's something there. I'll revisit that in the future.
...I wonder what the title should be.