Everyone needs a day off from time to time. Even this storyteller.
"I don't have any stories in store. I don't want to tell any tales. It's my day off."
The audience appreciated this. It's a good opportunity to check out other stories from other writers.
That's unless you have a scary fan.
"I can't have a scary fan," I said to myself. "Because if I did, it would lead to a story that has already been told. Not fresh. Not original."
With that remark, the storyteller, i.e. me, has shut down any story possibility.
But it turns out that I do have an obsessive fan, who has other ideas.
"I don't care if the story is fresh or old. I just want to cause misery."
"Misery?" I said. "Why would anyone want to cause Misery?"
The phone rings.
"Hello, Stephen King here. I'm watching you."
"Look, Mr King," I replied. "With all due respect, I wanted a day off telling stories. I've got a crazed fan that wants my blood. In the midst of all that, you ring me to tell me that you are also watching me. Can't I have some peace?"
"Just make sure you are writing original material."
I agree. It would be better if I didn't have any fans. How about if the world forgot who I was? I know a doctor who is also a sorcerer. "Coincidentally," he is also called Stephen. How strange.
At that very moment, the doorbell rings.
"No, not happening. It's too dangerous."
I'm not going to get peace today and I don't think I'm going to get a day off
Maybe I'll write a story after all.
What shall I write about?
The phone rings.
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Freewrite prompt by @mariannewest