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Old 02-22-2008, 04:57 AM

The following excerpt is from a freewrite/brainstorm I did for a short story I am working on. I wrote this as a sort of exploration of the narrator's "inner voice." The narrator's name is Benjy White, and he is a 15 year old white boy who likes to think he's "black."
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V-Day be one of the best days of the year. All them hot bi-yatches in sexy clothes, giving you hugs just because--now that’s what I’m talkin’ about. I didn’t have a date for last Valentine’s day because I’m a playa. All the ladies be wantin’ Benjy and that’s a fact, but Benjy ain’t gonna be more’n a friend with benefits, if you know what I mean. I keep ‘em wantin’ more.

But some of the bitches just don’t get it. And by some, I mean Stalker Melly. That girl’s crazy, man. She be all up in my face, tellin’ me she loves me and wantin’ to talk and stuff. I told her “Woman, who you think you’re talkin’ too?” But she just don’t listen to a brother.

It’s like this Valentine’s Day I was tellin’ you about. No date, just me. The perfect set up, ‘cause all them fine ladies was sendin’ me candy-grams all day long. And all the others was seein’ how many I got. Now that’s all fine and good. I loves me the candy grams, and most of the ladies stopped there.

But not Stalker Melly. Her nasty ass kept sendin’ me text messages all mornin’. I ignored ‘em, and she sent one sayin’ as how I was mean! Excuse me, I tol’ her, I wasn’t the one sending desperate-ass messages every five minutes. I got other things to do with my time.

Melly an’ me got English together after lunch. The way she was actin’, I woulda skipped class, especially seein’ as we was doin’ Romeo and Juliet. Only Jeeves said he’d ground me if I did that again (I call my dad Jeeves, see, ‘cause he’s as smart as the search engine. Need to know somethin’? Ask Jeeves). So I had to go. An’ what’s the first thing I see but Stalker Melly, practically waitin’ by the door for me.

“Hi Benjy!” She talk just like that, too. All exclamation points.

“Hi Melly,” I answered. I couldn’t get passed her to my seat.

“Didn’t you get my text messages?!”

“Er…no, I guess not. Phone’s dead again.”

“God, your phone’s always dead, isn’t it? Why don’t you get a new battery?”

I just shrug at her, and the bitch finally lets me sit. Just in time, too, ‘cause the bell was all about the room and Mrs. Cofax be crazy strict.

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Old 02-22-2008, 05:34 AM

It seems interesting-ish from that, but also like it's kind of.. full of stereotypes? =/
He's not really acting 'black' though, just kind of.. stupid? I don't know. Just doesn't seem to fit, the word. *Shrug*

The words are very straight forward, which is a very good thing. When it's indirect it's hard to follow. I'm guessing a lot of language will be used? xD Sounds interesting enough.

I'd try to tell more about the Melly character, and why she's so obsessed and stuff.

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Old 02-22-2008, 05:41 AM

Vappor: Thank you for your comments, I'll try to take them into consideration. It's true that it's full of stereotypes, because he's acting the way he thinks a black person acts, completely based on stereotypes. I'd like to steer away from being fully stereotypical in the finished product, though. Yes, there is the language. I wasn't even thinking about that when I posted it. Melly's an interesting character, and will be much more developed in the actual piece. This isn't an actual excerpt from the story, but something I wrote while I was trying to figure out part of Benjy's character.

 


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