that’s entertainment?

08 Apr 2024 34 Comments

by lynn__ in prosery Tags: , , , ,

Angling Agent: I can help you get your big break if you’re ready to deal.

Undiscovered Diva: Ok, yeah. I could use a break so just tell me what I need to do.

Agent: Your songs are too happy…you gotta write something darker, create an edgier voice, if you know what I mean.

Diva: But I think music should lift people up…that’s what it does for me.

Agent: That’s too predictable. You need to push the envelope with revealing costumes too.

Diva: I want to sell my music, not my body and soul!

Agent: Look, if you impress the right people, they’ll give you a million dollar record contract!

Diva: Do they even produce records any more? I just want to make my music.

Agent: What does it matter, that? The stars we see are already dead…and dead stars still burn.

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Prosery prompt with Dora at dVerse. Write 144 words and include this line from poet Amy Woolard: “What does it matter that the stars we see are already dead.“

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  1. Björn Rudberg (brudberg)'s avatar Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
    Apr 09, 2024 @ 05:28:39

    I love your different take on stars…. and I assume that as a musician she want to reach out and be listened to.

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  2. pandamoniumcat's avatar pandamoniumcat
    Apr 09, 2024 @ 03:44:13

    You have to stay true to yourself and believe in your own art. Good on her I say. I enjoyed the script like response to the prompt. Well done.

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  3. kim881's avatar kim881
    Apr 09, 2024 @ 02:55:12

    I enjoyed your take on the prompt lines, Lynn. I hadn’t even thought of pop stars or film stars. I agree with Helen and Dora.

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  4. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli
    Apr 08, 2024 @ 19:10:00

    Lynn, your story has a universal message in that all have been tempted one time or another to stray from what we know is right by some kind of reward that threatens our very souls/being. I hope this young lady looks into her heart and realizes the price isn’t worth it. I like how you used the prompt line.

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  5. rothpoetry's avatar rothpoetry
    Apr 08, 2024 @ 18:02:38

    I love your story, Lynn. I almost took this perspective with Hollywood celebrities. Well done.

    Sorry about your Iowa women’s loss in the playoffs yesterday!

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  6. Becoming His Tapestry's avatar Becoming His Tapestry
    Apr 08, 2024 @ 17:52:22

    I can see how we move from just desiring to sing 🎶 to taking off your clothes 😂😂

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  7. Nancy Ruegg's avatar Nancy Ruegg
    Apr 08, 2024 @ 17:03:02

    Well done, Lynn–as always. ‘Love the wisdom of Undiscovered Diva that exposed the foolishness of Angling Agent!

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  8. lillian's avatar lillian
    Apr 08, 2024 @ 17:01:13

    Wow! What an amazing take on the prompt!

    “Diva: But I think music should lift people up…that’s what it does for me.” This is my kind of diva!!!! I’m in 100% agreement. We have enough drama and sadness in the world.

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  9. Helen's avatar Helen
    Apr 08, 2024 @ 16:59:10

    OK OK, this is impossibly clever. I loved every bit of the conversation. When I look at performers today, trying to sell their songs, half dressed, I shake my head and wonder WHY? Doris Day didn’t.

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  10. Dora's avatar dorahak
    Apr 08, 2024 @ 16:54:42

    Genius how you broke up the words to say exactly what you wanted them to! I wonder how the poor aspiring diva, tempted by our conniving agent, felt about the thought that “dead stars still burn.” That she was concerned about selling “her body and soul” suggests she might not take that statement in the way he wants her to take it! Great writing, Lynn. The dialogue sounded natural all the way through.

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