Dear customers having a conversation near my section,
Your conversation went something like this:
customer A: “I feel like I should write movies.”
customer B: “Because everything out there is trash.”
customer A: “Right. But I’m not that good at describing what’s happening. Like, there’s so much going on in my head, it’s hard to get it out.”
customer B: “Oh, you should write plays then.”
customer A: “Yeah, or screenplays. (Picks up The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) This isn’t too long. I could do this.”
I have a few questions. These are not in order of importance.
- Do you know what playwrights or screen writers do? They describe what will happen on stage or in front of a camera. With words. Words that come out of their heads.
- Would you watch a play where the actors just stand on stage and talk without moving because the writer didn’t know how to get all the description out of his head? Even Beckett has people walking around.
- Have you read The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? It’s five novels. Yes they are short, but it’s five! I am going to go ahead and assume you don’t have a single finished novel at home. Let alone five. 5!
- Do you know how much I hate you? It’s a lot. I hate you a lot.
Sincerely,
Kelly
P.S. Seriously, five novels. And the book is 815 pages. I hate you so much.
