Thursday, April 2, 2015

Write a Scene Using Only Dialogue

This one! Little Bird writing contest.


"What do I do? He's been there all day."
"Well...I suppose we could start making faces at him until he's uncomfortable."
"You don't know this guy...nothing makes him uncomfortable. I once seated him next to my creepy uncle at a dinner party, by the end of the night they were best friends!"
"Wait, your Uncle Bob? The guy who may or may not have set up the cameras in the tanning booths?"
"Yeah, that's the one. I forgot about that incident. I usually associate him with the peep holes he put in the dressing rooms at Nordstrom's."
"Wait...the one downtown? Not the Nordstrom Rack, but the real one?"
"Yeah, like, last year."
"Oh. My cousin works security there and told me about that. I didn't know that was your uncle."
"Yeah, probably was. I mean, I don't want to credit him with being the ONLY guy to think to do that in the past, say, year, but it probably was him."
"Huh. That is pretty creepy."
"Oh my gosh. He is still there. I don't know what to do. I want to go, but I don't want to interrupt his game. He's been talking to that girl forever though."
"Can't they just exchange numbers like normal people?"
"I have no idea. But I know the minute I walk over there, that girl is going to think I'm his girlfriend, and get weird and not talk to him anymore. He's gotten angry with me for that before."
"What a dumb situation. Can't more girls have more confidence?"
"I know, I know. Hey! Why don't you text him? And then he'll have his phone out, and then maybe that will prompt him to get her number while he's got his phone out!"
"Brilliant. Okay. Text sent!"
"What is that smell? Is that smoke?"
"Um...Yeah. I think so. Is Powell's on fire?"
"Oh! I think it's just a new guy trying to burn old coffee grounds. Gross."
"Ah. Okay, it looks like he's getting her number! Oh! And he just noticed us here. Awesome."
"Oh my gosh. Is that Creepy Unble Bob?"
"Uh...yeah. I think so."
"Wait, why is he wrapping his arm around Babe Chick?"
"Haha! Maybe they met at Nordstroms?"
"Ha! Or maybe the tanning place, she is tan in January."
"Haha! Aw, Ed looks so disappointed."
"Poor guy. But, hey, at least we aren't going to miss the movie."
"Just make sure Creepy Uncle Bob doesn't spot us. This isn't my most modest outfit."

No comments:

Post a Comment