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Posted: 12 years ago
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This post is directed at you if you are:

a) person good at giving prompts

or

b) my regular reader and know my style of writing

Change of plans: You prompt, I write. Will try and keep it around one paragraph or less. Here is a minimalist's version of the character sketch.

Leading Lady: Madhubala Malik, 31, works as the IT head at a private software company not owned by her father. Before the plane crash that took the lives of her family along with her vision four years, Madhu was the sole heir to her parents' estate. She has since donated all their possessions to charity and lives her days as the working class woman of the metro city.

Leading Man: Rishabh Kundra is a sought after actor in the movie business. His career is based on popularity among loyal fans, box office success and 24x7 media attention due to his "colourful" personality.

I will try to write one prompt at a time. So, my rate of writing is dependent on your response and the weather outside.

There are only two rules:

First and most important, please DO NOT feel sorry for Madhu. She is successful, intelligent, independent and kind hearted before she is blind.

Second, please keep the prompts vague. I like vague. Say movie names, songs, pronouns, coffee shops, random fluff.

For example, say the prompt is headphones. So I write about sound, music, party, hearing aid, teenagers. Get the picture?

Thanks very much. I have been in a block for some time. So I would appreciate the help. I will be sending out the PMs in a bit.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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plastic

(has many meanings and interpretations...fake, easy to replicate, in abundance already, necessity, coloured, difficult to destruct)
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: war_is_peace

plastic


(has many meanings and interpretations...fake, easy to replicate, in abundance already, necessity, coloured, difficult to destruct)


#1-Plastic
The shine on his lips didn't say much except that he was wearing lipstick.
"It's part of the character", he reasoned with his conscious self as his hips slid right in to the director's chair.
There was a woman staring at him from around the corner. Had been for quite some time. So, in his usual aggressive fashion, he stared right back. There was something sticky about her. Not in the sticky in a honey, marmalite way but sticky like he knew she would be etched in his memory.
Was it the golden brown curls that sat oddly on top of her forehead? Was it the auburn lip that teased his nerves? Or, the smile that never left his cheeks from the moment he saw her?
No, it was her eyes. They could see all his deep dark secrets. She could tell that in his childish looking plastic sippie cup was a pint of booze. She probably knew the rumour about him dumping his girlfriend was far from the truth. She dumped him and he paid her off so the media wouldn't hear.
Yup, it was confirmed. The woman with hazel eyes was keeping tabs on him. There was no other way she made him so nervous. He had read his spy movie script a dozen times and that should have given him a general idea of how a espionage works. She was a 99.99% a spook.
But, he still had to make a move "Whatcha lookin at, creep? Shoo, shoo...I am busy. Can't you see?"
"No, I cannot. I am blind".

A bout of silence followed. The occasional rattling of his plastic cup masked the embarrassment of his nervous laugh. It was a good first meeting.


Hope you liked it. Let me know.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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i like it!

i have a doubt...are u going to continue this into an ff???


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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: war_is_peace

i like it!


i have a doubt...are u going to continue this into an ff???


I am thinking more like short story pieces. So in the next prompt, I will simply pick up the story from here. It will be a continuation but with different prompts. Does that make sense?
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: DonnaHarvey

I am thinking more like short story pieces. So in the next prompt, I will simply pick up the story from here. It will be a continuation but with different prompts. Does that make sense?


yes i got it!
good idea 👏
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: shweta2728

Beaches? (Summer mode)


#2-Beaches
"Good morning sunshine", his arm gently touched the back of her hand. The beach waves muffled her angst as she recoiled at the strange sensation.
He had not approached her since their last encounter. She did not take his previous inattention to heart. She was either a born optimist or simply used to the crudeness. Either way, she smiled at his rookie apology.
"S.O.R.R.Y. would be the better word. I thought you were good at this hu ha. Actor and all".
She extended her hand as a friendly greeting to calm the stiffened hero bundled in his own arms.
"Hu ha? Woman, you need to get a better dictionary. Rishabh Kundra", he responded with a firm hand shake.
"I am the proud owner of full access card to the president's library. I think I can choose my thesaurus well. Madhubala Malik".
She reciprocated with an equally strong grip.
"Powerful woman, I think I am in love".
"What makes you say that? Even the janitor at the Rashtrapati Bhawan has a library card".
"So you the janitor there?"
"No"
"See, I was right"
"I don't know what to make of that".
"Conclude that I must be a man with a motive".
"That I knew from the moment you approached me".
"What? That I love you?"
Usually, this would be her cue to awaken her senses and focus on his voice, get some ideas about his emotions. But, the darned sea was too loud for her liking. So, she decided to go on with the flirtation hoping not to fall flat on her face by the end.
"No, that you want something".
"I want you Madhu".
That name. It was personal. Too personal to let a stranger waste on useless banter. She had to steer the conversation in another direction.
"Not so fast"
"You got better plans?"
"How about never?"
Rishabh realized he had filled his mistake quota for the week. Best to make his move another time.


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Posted: 12 years ago
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I am sick of orange juice. SICK OF IT.
will write it tmrw hopefully and no, no OJ for me.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: DonnaHarvey

I am sick of orange juice. SICK OF IT.

will write it tmrw hopefully and no, no OJ for me.


ok i'll change it! 😊
carpet!
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: war_is_peace



ok i'll change it!😊
<font size="2" color="#990000">carpet!</font>


I meant to drink. Heck, I'll just write both

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