30 day flash fiction meme: day 1
An LJ friend is doing a 30-day flash fiction meme, and I think I'll join in. First, though, I don't like some of the prompts and so I'll start by asking for alternates. Here are the prompts I don't like:
3) Write a query letter for a fantasy (any kind) novel (I don't like query letters, why should I write one when I don't have to?)
14) Write the final scene of a romance novel “Never Been Caught” (Blegh, romance novels.)
I now start the meme with this prompt:
1) Write a scene saying “hello”
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"Hello!" someone said. I heard the word, but it didn't really register in my mind. I was too intent on my reading, and besides, nobody ever talks to me.
"Hello there!" They said a bit more insistently. "Yoo hoo. Chick with the purple hair."
I looked up, confused. I looked around, but I was the only person around with purple hair. "Me?" I asked in confusion.
"Of course you, silly!"
I slid my glasses down to get a better look at this person. Short, blonde, and... erm... let's say she was *very* perky. A total hottie, who looked like a preppie, and she was talking to me in a pleasant tone of voice. I was baffled, and I think my jaw was slack. She giggled pleasantly and sat down on the ground beside me, where I was sitting under my favorite tree.
"So," she said, holding out one hand. "I'm Kaitlin Lansing. Who are you?"
I narrowed my eyes suspiciously. "Is someone putting you up to this?"
She laughed merrily, and even gave a small snort of laughter. "No no. I suppose it does seem odd that someone looking like me is chatting up someone looking like you, but if you knew who my family were, you'd understand."
"Wait... you're not from THE Lansings, are you?"
She raised one hand with a giggle and said, "Guilty as charged."
It suddenly made sense. Her family owned Lansing and Lansing Limited. They were famous, or infamous, for being rich but supporting all kinds of causes. Whenever lobbyists were lobbying for something bad like offshore drilling, something that would threaten jobs, or lobbying against worker's rights, there were also Lansing lobbyists counter-lobbying for the side of good. They also fought for gay marriage and other gay rights. In fact, if the stories were true, Kaitlin had two dads, both of them rich and powerful men working for social justice. The rest of the family was pretty cool, too, from what I'd heard.
So, knowing that, I smiled and shook her hand. "Well, Kaitlin, it's nice meeting you. Is this your first day at college?"
It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
~ ~ ~
Wow, that was cool. I had no idea where I was going with that, it all just came as I was writing it. Though I know the source of the "lobbying for good" idea was something I was thinking about last night.
Crossposted from http://fayanora.dreamwidth.org
3) Write a query letter for a fantasy (any kind) novel (I don't like query letters, why should I write one when I don't have to?)
14) Write the final scene of a romance novel “Never Been Caught” (Blegh, romance novels.)
I now start the meme with this prompt:
1) Write a scene saying “hello”
~ ~ ~
"Hello!" someone said. I heard the word, but it didn't really register in my mind. I was too intent on my reading, and besides, nobody ever talks to me.
"Hello there!" They said a bit more insistently. "Yoo hoo. Chick with the purple hair."
I looked up, confused. I looked around, but I was the only person around with purple hair. "Me?" I asked in confusion.
"Of course you, silly!"
I slid my glasses down to get a better look at this person. Short, blonde, and... erm... let's say she was *very* perky. A total hottie, who looked like a preppie, and she was talking to me in a pleasant tone of voice. I was baffled, and I think my jaw was slack. She giggled pleasantly and sat down on the ground beside me, where I was sitting under my favorite tree.
"So," she said, holding out one hand. "I'm Kaitlin Lansing. Who are you?"
I narrowed my eyes suspiciously. "Is someone putting you up to this?"
She laughed merrily, and even gave a small snort of laughter. "No no. I suppose it does seem odd that someone looking like me is chatting up someone looking like you, but if you knew who my family were, you'd understand."
"Wait... you're not from THE Lansings, are you?"
She raised one hand with a giggle and said, "Guilty as charged."
It suddenly made sense. Her family owned Lansing and Lansing Limited. They were famous, or infamous, for being rich but supporting all kinds of causes. Whenever lobbyists were lobbying for something bad like offshore drilling, something that would threaten jobs, or lobbying against worker's rights, there were also Lansing lobbyists counter-lobbying for the side of good. They also fought for gay marriage and other gay rights. In fact, if the stories were true, Kaitlin had two dads, both of them rich and powerful men working for social justice. The rest of the family was pretty cool, too, from what I'd heard.
So, knowing that, I smiled and shook her hand. "Well, Kaitlin, it's nice meeting you. Is this your first day at college?"
It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
~ ~ ~
Wow, that was cool. I had no idea where I was going with that, it all just came as I was writing it. Though I know the source of the "lobbying for good" idea was something I was thinking about last night.
Crossposted from http://fayanora.dreamwidth.org