Friday Fictioneers – Storyline

~ Neil MacDonald
PHOTO PROMPT © Lori Wilson

I must be in a story. The narrative drive is obvious—the call to adventure, the first plot point, and the second. Who’s writing me? Do I have any say in it? I mean, for instance, couldn’t we make this a romance instead of an actioner? Begone, wizards and elves! Bring on the girls.

It’s lovely to be the hero, though. Thanks, I appreciate that. Not a bit player.

Oi! What’s this? Losing my job wasn’t very heroic. Do your scriptwriters even know what they’re doing?

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Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here

32 thoughts on “Friday Fictioneers – Storyline”

  1. In Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s 1973 novel “Breakfast of Champions,” he talked about has control over the characters he creates like a puppet master and marionettes, except instead of strings, there are rubber bands.

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  11. Aww, that’s kind of sad although it made me laugh too. So hard to have main character syndrome and then something like that happens. This guy just needs to realize that the hero’s journey has all kinds of ups and downs in it. Great story, as always Neil.

    -David

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  13. Fantastic take on the prompt, especially the desire to go from action to romance. It doesn’t usually end well for the love-interests in action movies does it, but this time the main character was eliminated.

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