2012년 11월 14일 수요일

creative writing assignment!

6. Phone TagWrite a fairly long, complicated phone conversation overheard by someone in the room. All three people—the listener in the room, the caller, and the person on the other end of the line—are involved with each other in some way (not necessarily romantically). Let us hear the other end of the conversation, without actually hearing it. This means you will be giving us only one side of a conversation, so you will have to work to make the side we’re hearing intriguing and capable of carrying a story. The listener in the room can guess what the person on the other end of the line is saying, but try to keep this guessing to a minimum, and make sure this guesswork is done with integrity—well after the unheard speaker has spoken. 600 words.

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Dear Diary,

Today, I had a blind date. My co-worker Brad, who is a nice guy, arranged a date, saying that the man would be perfect for me: sensitive and careful. Well, believing what Brad said, I went to the Caffe Dene for date.

On the way to café, I got to watch TV news about those who sell human flesh. According to that, in Bundang, where I live, there are several people who sell human flesh. It is said that about 2 stores were caught for that, there may be more stores selling human flesh secretly. I was shocked, but I wasn’t that concerned about the fact: I’m not related to it.

The man was fairly handsome. However, he seemed very nervous and pale for the whole date. It was uncomfortable, but well, it might have been the first date for him, I thought.

We went to Caffe Dene, had a cup of coffee, talked about everyday life stuffs. His name is Alex. He also lives in Bundang and he likes to hike, go fishing. I wanted to ask him about his job, but I decided to wait until he says about his job.

Suddenly, a phone rang-it was his. He asked, “May I?” in a pale, shivering voice. I, of course, had to agree.

“Hello?”, he answered-no, almost whispered-the phone.

“Oh yes, yes. Why?”

“Really? Umm…..that’s a pity. I wanted the thing to be fresh and alive.”

Suddenly, I remembered the news that I saw today. Linking that news with this handsome (but pale...) guy seems nonsense, but I couldn’t stop doing that. Thinking that hearing only one side is okay, I kept overhearing the phone conversation of Alex.

“Then, when can you bring that fresh meat?”

………..Meat? No, it would be a normal meat like pig or cow. Not a human flesh, I wished.

“Okay. You can bring the meat in next week. But remember, it’s not just a meat. It’s not like a normal meat like a pork or beef.”

“Oh! And what are you going to do with the bones? It’s hard to separate the bones and the flesh.”

Is the meat human flesh? Or something else? I couldn’t think of anything other than human flesh. The image of Alex separating the bones from the corpse was vivid enough for me to be absent-minded. I felt dizzy.

“If you’re busy, I should do it. You’d better learn how to do it.”

I had to get out of this date. What should I do? Just scream and run away?

“Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow!”

What should I do? What do I have to do?

Alex hung up the phone, turning back to me.

“Sorry, it was just from my workplace. So….what was I saying?”

I, with a reddened face, said,

“Ha...ha....Umm....I….I have to go to the bathroom.”

“O...kay. Why not?"

“Bye!”

Right after saying that, I almost ran away, getting out of the coffee shop as soon as possible. Will I call him later? Of course not! I should be thankful to my instinct to notice a prospective killer.

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Today, I met the strangest woman I saw in my life. As it was a blind date, it is reasonable to be the worst date. I had a major cold today first of all. But more importantly, the woman, named Jen, was not that attractive: full of wrinkles in her face and a mousy attitude. I didn’t like her much, but thinking of the effort my friend Brad put on arranging this date, I tried to be nice to her. The only excusable act that I did was doing a phone call in front of her. But, it was quite short I think. Only 4 minutes? Besides, I tried to whisper. Anyway, it was a call from my clumsy assistant. He was supposed to order the fishes for sushi, but due to his laziness, he failed to order it on time. It was a major mistake, but as I had the woman in the front, I had to be gentle. After hanging up the phone call, however, the woman just ran away from me. Going to the bathroom? Huh, I could have done better than that.

Why? Why did she do that? I don’t know. But I actually felt kind of relieved about her leaving me.

One thing for sure: I should never do blind date.

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