Insert witty beginning here * *.
OH, hi there. I didn't see you. I was writing a story.
I wanted to make it equally weird, funny, and appealing to my peers, and I want it to convey something about the state of affairs. I also want the message to be ambiguous, so it remains mysterious.
I could reference recent cultural events to demonstrate that I am informed and care about what matters to them.
I have to include self-deprecation for the men so they don't think that I'm too full of myself.
I should probably be careful what I say about women, too, because I don't want them to think I'm too full of myself.
I can't write something too depressing because it would be too honest, and the reader might not appreciate that. I think I should try to keep it light so my peers think I enjoy my life and maybe want to be my friend.
I could make my main character a genius because people love relatable genius stories.
I got it, I will write about a troubled genius who smokes a lot of cigarettes and drinks himself to near death most nights. He is abusive, but that is only because he is a genius, so we give him a pass, right? Yeah, that'll do.
I need to come up with an ending that truly impresses my readers, something so unexpected and witty.
What if I reveal that it was all in his head?
That he was right the whole time and all those people who were trying to get him to change were wrong and that he is a genius just like he thought and...... he is a ghost and it was a dream too.
Yeah.