Keynotes
Characters: Ensemble, mulitple parings
Rating: PG
Based on this prompt from glee angst meme: "At some point in the unspecified future, Brad the Piano player seeks permission of the Glee Club alumni to publish a book based on his observances of them their Sophomore year, with all of the name's changed around and written underneath the "Fiction" header. It's a massive hit and becomes mind-crushingly popular."
My intention for this story is to tell everything through a series of documents - emails, extracts from the book, reviews, interview transcripts, letters and suchlike. Therefore, there will be little or no narrative prose. It's a bit different for me as far as writing fanfiction goes, although I have written one original story told through transcripts, so I really hope this is successful!
To: wschuester[at]wmhs. edu
Cc: ssylvester[at]wmhs. edu; rachel-b-berry[at]hotmail. com; khummel[at]hummelltd. com; puckzilla[at]gmail. com; b-anderson[at]nyu. edu; fondue_for_two[at]hotmail. com; residentbitch1994[at]hotmail. com; mercedesjones[at]hotmail. com; a-abrams[at]edwards. com; quinnjames[at]redsquare. com; changfamily[at]hotmail. com; samevans42[at]yahoo. com; finhusdon[at]hotmail. com;
From: brad-ellis[at]gmail. com
Subject: Hello
Dear all,
My apologies for contacting you all in this way, however I believe that it would be the easiest and most reliable form of communicating with all of you. I am using the addresses that were used in the message sent about the engagement of Mr and Mrs Chang – my congratulations to the pair of you; however, if you would prefer me to contact you in the future using a different address, then please do not hesitate to let me know.
I am writing to you all to ask for your permission. During my time at William McKinley High School, I made a number of observances about the events that took place in New Directions and amongst the members of the group. I chose to record these in a number of notebooks, and the other day, I rediscovered them and took a look back through.
What I now intend to do is to take what I have written down and create a short novel about the occurrences during your years in New Directions. Out of respect for your privacy, I intend you change your names, however will keep all other details true to life. I may also contact each one of you separately to ask for information about certain events that will help to fill in some gaps in the story that may arise. For now, I simply need your consent to go ahead with this project.
Thank you,
Brad
(Also, if you have any ideas as to what you would like your pseudonym to be, please let me know)
To: brad-ellis[at]gmail. com
From: rachel-b-berry[at]hotmail. com
Subject: RE: Hello
Dear Brad,
It was wonderful to hear from you again! How are you? How is everything?
In response to your message, of course I'd be willing! I'd be honoured to finally see my name out there in print; it's about time!
As far as pseudonyms go, could I possibly, at the risk of sounding extremely cliché, ask if you could write about me under the name of Barbra? It would be wonderful to share the same name as my idol!
Best of luck with the book!
Hope to hear from you soon!
Rachel
PS: If you can at all, I'm on Broadway in Wicked for the next few months at least. Please do come down and see me if you can!
To: brad-ellis[at]gmail. com
From: fondue_for_two[at]hotmail. com
Subject: RE: Hello
hi brad
i dont know if this will send
i hope it will
because this website already let me down
i thought there would be lots of attractive men on here or some burnt post
but there wasn't
i want to be in your book
and can you call me britney spears?
because thats my name and not my name at the same time
love
brittany xxxxxxx
To: brad-ellis[at]gmail. com
From: quinnjames[at]redsquare. com
Subject: RE: Hello
Dear Brad,
I'd be delighted to feature in your book, however, please refrain from emailing me at my work address in the future.
As far as pseudonyms go, would it be possible to request the name Lucy?
Thank you for contacting me
Quinn James
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To: brad-ellis[at]gmail. com
From: changfamily[at]hotmail. com
Subject: Re: Hello
Hi Brad,
It's lovely to hear from you again! We both hope everything's going well for you.
We'd both be very happy to be used in your book. We don't mind what you call us and we wish you the best with the project. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any more information from either of us.
Let us know how you're getting on. We're both very excited!
Best wishes,
Mike and Tina
To: brad-ellis[at]gmail. com
From: b-anderson[at]nyu . edu
Subject: RE: Hello
Thank you so much for contacting me! It's lovely to hear from you after so many years.
Both Kurt and I are thrilled to hear about your new project, and of course give our full consent.
Kurt's also very sorry that he can't respond to you himself; it's just that the Spring/Summer collection deadline is drawing ever closer and he's spending almost all his time working right now. You can't blame him, really! Anyway, as far as names go, Kurt would like to be Alexander, after Mr. McQueen, and I'm open to anything you'd like.
Good luck with the project!
Blaine (and Kurt)
Blaine Anderson
English department
New York City Univeristy
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