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.“
a poem in my pocket 
Apr 18, 2024 @ 21:55:21
A very clever take on the prompt!
Apr 15, 2024 @ 09:41:56
This is so real Lynn, have just watched a doco on a local singer who was pushed and pulled in just that way. To me the entertainment industry is outwardly shiny and inwardly grimy. fortunately now artists can record their own material their way – just like self-publishing.
Apr 16, 2024 @ 16:34:12
“Outwardly shiny and inwardly grimy”…good description Paul! Thanks for your comment 🙂
Apr 17, 2024 @ 10:44:40
Very welcome Lynn 🙂
Apr 10, 2024 @ 23:22:06
At a bookfair a poor writer meets bestselling author and mourns:
– My books have a higher literary contend than yours.
Bestselling author shrugs:
– I’m not writing literature: I’m writing bestsellers.
Apr 11, 2024 @ 14:13:41
Too true…thanks for that perspective on another art form. Let’s create beauty!
Apr 10, 2024 @ 05:37:29
I enjoyed your unique take on the prompt! It sounded very realistic. I imagine there are many such “aspiring divas” and conniving agents.
Apr 10, 2024 @ 12:04:44
Thanks, Merril! It seems typical of the entertainment business. We should encourage creativity and not emphasize “stardom”.
Apr 10, 2024 @ 12:17:05
You’re welcome, Lynn!