To the tune of the Jeopardy theme song
October 19th 2007 00:00
Tick, tock, tick, tock.
Seven more minutes and you'll get another tardy mark. That's the third time this week.
You run through the human traffic jam, thinking that if people-dodging were a sport, you'd be in second place. That's because if you were in first place, you wouldn't be late three times in a row.
A crumpling sound catches your attention as you start climbing the stairs to your office building. Beneath your sneaker is a creased piece of paper, once balled up but now flattened by your weight.
You see the hasty scrawl of a seemingly masculine penmanship through the folds. Curiosity overcomes you, and you shake out your squished find.
"Oct. 19. 9 am sharp. Coffee shop on Timmons and Third. Red tie. Sun Faded Chucks, green camo. See you."
Three minutes to 9 am. Three minutes to another tardy warning. You look down the street and see the familiar brown awning of the coffee shop.
Tick, tock.
*****
What would your character do? If s/he goes to work, will he be nagged by unsatisfied curiosity or will s/he just let it be? If s/he goes to the coffee shop, what would s/he expect to see? Who wrote the note?
How would your story progress?
Seven more minutes and you'll get another tardy mark. That's the third time this week.
You run through the human traffic jam, thinking that if people-dodging were a sport, you'd be in second place. That's because if you were in first place, you wouldn't be late three times in a row.
A crumpling sound catches your attention as you start climbing the stairs to your office building. Beneath your sneaker is a creased piece of paper, once balled up but now flattened by your weight.
You see the hasty scrawl of a seemingly masculine penmanship through the folds. Curiosity overcomes you, and you shake out your squished find.
"Oct. 19. 9 am sharp. Coffee shop on Timmons and Third. Red tie. Sun Faded Chucks, green camo. See you."
Three minutes to 9 am. Three minutes to another tardy warning. You look down the street and see the familiar brown awning of the coffee shop.
Tick, tock.
*****
What would your character do? If s/he goes to work, will he be nagged by unsatisfied curiosity or will s/he just let it be? If s/he goes to the coffee shop, what would s/he expect to see? Who wrote the note?
How would your story progress?
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