Monday, February 23, 2009

My Entry in the EE Writing Contest

www.evileditor.net has got me hooked. He had a writing competion, here's what I submitted. It's up on his blog, along with eight others...you may have to scroll down a bit for them.

The task was to write a scene in which Evil Editor and any celebrity and you are snowed in alone at a mountain lodge, have run out of food, and have started considering the cannibalism option.

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The trio weighed their options. One of them had to go. It was a matter of survival, plain and simple. They had to eat something. And with no proper food and no route for escape, something readily translated to someone.

The celebrity spoke first.

“You can’t eat me. I have millions of fans who need me. I’m thin and pretty and young and beautiful and…”

“Annoying as hell,” Evil Editor
added.

The writer laughed.

“Quit sucking up. I told you I’m not publishing your manuscript,” Evil Editor said.

“Then I have no use for you. That makes you look tastier than her,” the writer said.

The celebrity turned to the writer. “I’ll introduce you to my agent.”

The writer contemplated the offer, until the Evil Editor interrupted his chain of thought.

“You could write about this experience as narrative non-fiction. I would consider that.”

The writer was great at contemplating, and he had a notoriously short attention span. He forgot about the celebrity’s agent and sat silently, lost in thought.

“You think it will sell?” the writer asked.

“It depends on how it ends,” Evil Editor said.

“But I’m famous!” the celebrity whined.

“And annoying as hell,” the writer and Evil Editor said in unison.

“EE, judging by the cartoon caricature of you, you weigh the most and I have the most muscle. That’s one good reason for either of us to be on the menu,” the writer reasoned.

The celebrity listened attentively. She did not know where this was going, but she liked it so far.

“But there are two good reasons to eat her,” the writer pointed at the celebrity as her look of curiosity turned to surprise.

“First, it will finally shut her up,” the writer said.

“And second?” Evil Editor asked.

“We’ll probably get high as kites.”

5 comments:

Kathryn Hupp-Harris said...

Very, very cute.

Your celebrity reminded me of a character in my mss.

Good luck!

Rick Daley said...

People on EE's blog were all curious to know who the celebrity was. She's an amalgamation of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Tara Reid.

There's no real thrill in victory; of the 9 submissions posted, I'm guessing there were 9 entries ;-)

Davin Malasarn said...

This was great! I like that the celebrity and the agent were trying to please the writer for a change.

About Me said...

Rick,

That was very nicely done! Very funny. I can picture Hilton/Logan/Reid there... :)

I'm going to nosy on over to EE's blog to see all of the entries. :)

Rick Daley said...

There's one that is told from the perspective of Paris Hilton's dog, I think it's the funniest of the bunch.