Three story ideas
Here are the 3 story ideas I’m fleshing out for Class 5. Personally I like number 1 first, then 3,then 2.
STORY #1
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Setting - a small, bachelors apartment.
Time of Day - late night, early morning, 3am-ish
Character 1 - a slightly overweight guy who lives alone.
Character 2 - a Tiki shaman who is the host of a late night infomercial.
Plot - Its late a light and the soft flicker of the television illuminates a small living area of an apartment. A man sits in a well used arm chair staring blankly at the television. Suddenly, a loud and obnoxious infomercial pops on the screen and jars the man out of his stupor. “Are you overweight?”, “Do you need to drop some pounds fast?” comes the sound from the tv. On the screen is a little Tiki man selling some sort of miracle weight loss potion. The guy rolls his eyes at the ridiculous claims being made. Aside from his skepticism though, the guy is intrigued. He pinches his side and becomes aware of the extra pounds hanging around his midsection. The commercial comes to an end “So what’s do you have to lose! Only your fat! OVERNIGHT!” “So call NOW!” The guy picks up the phone, somewhat embarrassed that he is even trying this crap. He hangs up the phone after his purchase and before he can make it back to his chair the doorbell rings. Confused at who could possibly at the door at this hour, he stumbles to the door and opens it. A pair of hands holding a small package poke through the doorway urging him to take the box. The man takes the box, opens it and finds the tikis potion inside. He quickly looks over the side of the vial, passing over something about possible side effects, and with a deep breath, chugs the bottle down. He waits a second to see if he feels any different, and then goes off to bed. He wakes up and stumbles into the bathroom excited to see if this gimmick actually did anything. He makes his way to the bathroom and steps on the scale. The read out ticks off some numbers and a digital voice chimes out “You have lost 5 pounds” Holy crap! this guy thinks. It actually worked! He throws back his shoulders and struts out the bathroom. As he passes the vanity mirror, he stops and does a double take. To his complete horror he finds that his head has been shrunken!
STORY #2
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Setting - a nice fishing spot at the edge of a lake.
Time of Day - Starts out in the daytime, and proceeds to dusk.
Character 1 - A father who is excited to teach his son the joys of fishing.
Character 2 - A young boy who has a short attention span.
Plot - It is mid morning and a father and son are setting up on the shore for a great day of fishing. The dad expertly casts his line into the lake as the boy is violently whipping his pole back and forth. The father quickly intervenes and shows him the proper way to cast a pole. They both sit down and the dad cracks open a can of soda and gets ready for a beautiful day of fishing. The boy on the other hand, is quickly getting bored. The boys attention is quickly drawn by a passing butterfly. The boy hops up and chases the insect around, and is led away from his father. The father looks over and realizes his son is not there. He hops up, looks around, and marches off to retrieve his son. While they are both away, the sons pole starts to twitch and shake. There is a fish on his line! After a moment, the twitching stops. The father and son return to their spot and the father gestures to the son to sit in his chair and stay there. The boy flops into his chair and curls up into a ball. The day quickly fades into the evening. As the sun is setting the father looks over to his son, who is sleeping in his chair. Realizing that the trip has been a total flop, he rouses his son, and motions to pack his stuff up. As the boy reels in his line, he sees the faint shimmer or something at the end of his line. ‘Could it be?’ he thinks to himself. Sure enough! he reels his line in to see a fish at the end of his line. The son immediately lights up and is so excited he can’t help but brag to his dad that he caught a fish and his dad did not. The father hurt at first, quickly puts on a smile and pats his boy on the back for a job well done. The father puts his boy on his shoulders and heads off towards the car at the end of a perfect day.
STORY #3
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Setting - a dorm room, or small apartment. Mostly in the kitchen.
Time of Day - mid day, lunchtime.
Character 1 - A young man in his twenties. Typical college guy look.
Plot - It is lunchtime and a hungry young college student opens up his cupboard to find his favorite treat, Spam. He grabs the can, inserts his finger into the tab. He pulls back on the tab and snap! the tab breaks off. Frustrated he, looks in the drawer for a can opener. he can’t find one anywhere. He finds the closest thing he can grab, a screwdriver and starts stabbing the top of the can, but it doesn’t open. He then grabs a hammer and pounds the can as hard as he can. The can is dented and dinged, but it doesn’t open. The guy is furious and stands there, just staring at the mutilated can. He then gets an idea! he grabs a drill and precariously pops a small hole into the top op the can. He reaches into a drawer and pulls out a straw and inserts it into the hole. With a satisfied grin, he flops onto his couch sipping his lunch.
