Bear with me folks while I set things up in this chapter. I know it's a
short one, for this I offer my apologies and hope that once things start
rolling the Muses will pick up, and run with it. Until that time, I offer
this brief into up seeking advice to throw in the towel or to keep going---
yes, I know there isn't much here to work with, it's admittedly a humble
start, hang in there, I'll be back in a couple days.
JP: Hello and welcome to Storytelling Hour. Here I am sitting in my living room surrounded by a gaggle of newsies and preparing to tell the story of Glow Bright.
Jack: Gaggle, what the hell is a gaggle?
Davey: Technically, it's a group of geese, guess our fearless storyteller has been using her thesaurus.
Les: That's a dinosaur, right?
JP *smiling sweetly at Les, but ignoring the question*: Ahem, yes, well, my English teachers said using different words instead of the norm made a story more interesting, but that was about 15 years ago.
Snaps *clicking with both hands in beatnik fashion*: This is a coffeehouse, right?
JP: No, this is my living room; the nearest Starbucks is fifty miles South. Anyway, if I might proceed with limited interruption *glaring at a few newsies in particular*
Jack, Race, Spot and Davey: Why's she looking at us?
JP *taking a book from a little girl and patting her on the head as she goes to join the boys on the floor*: Thank you, Sweets. *Opening book, pushing glasses up*: Glow Bright and the Seven Newsies.
Race: Newsies, did ya' hear that guys? It's about us.
Pie Eater: Am I in it, huh, huh, am I?
Spot: Where's me name, where's me name?
JP: Well, if you would let me read, we could find out.
Jack: Shhhh, or I'll have to soak ya'!!
JP *Clearing throat*: Glow Bright and the Seven Newsies.
Sweetest little girl in the world: Mommy it's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
JP: This is a different story, Bug.
Little girl: Okay, Mommy. *Looks around room* I don't like boys, I only like girls.
JP: Yes, I know, but someday all that will change. *Returning gaze back to book* Glow Bright and the Seven Newsies *looking up expecting another interruption* Once upon a time.
Skittery: Upon? When was that?
JP: About 1900 or so, there lived a young woman named Glow Bright.
Spot *Sitting upright, with a look of great interest*: A young woman? How old is she? What does she look like?
JP: I'm sorry, the story doesn't really tell how old she is.
Jack: Seventeen, I think she's seventeen.
Racetrack: And short, she's short.
JP: Actually, it says she's tall with long auburn hair.
Racetrack: 5'6" that's tall for a girl, right?
Little girl *Looking very impatient*: Mommy, can I go take a nap?
JP: Don't you want to hear the story, Honey?
Little girl: I'm not hearing it now, not with all these boys around.
JP: True, why don't we take a break for some milk and cookies? If I feed them they can't talk too, right?
Dreamer: Hey Sweetie, welcome to the story, I hope I am able to live up to your expectations. Thank you for the review and encouragement!!
Atlantic: Hope this isn't too disappointing for a first chapter.
Hottie5Star: I know this probably isn't what you were expecting, but wow is it fun to write. Hope you'll stick around and find out what happens!
JP: Hello and welcome to Storytelling Hour. Here I am sitting in my living room surrounded by a gaggle of newsies and preparing to tell the story of Glow Bright.
Jack: Gaggle, what the hell is a gaggle?
Davey: Technically, it's a group of geese, guess our fearless storyteller has been using her thesaurus.
Les: That's a dinosaur, right?
JP *smiling sweetly at Les, but ignoring the question*: Ahem, yes, well, my English teachers said using different words instead of the norm made a story more interesting, but that was about 15 years ago.
Snaps *clicking with both hands in beatnik fashion*: This is a coffeehouse, right?
JP: No, this is my living room; the nearest Starbucks is fifty miles South. Anyway, if I might proceed with limited interruption *glaring at a few newsies in particular*
Jack, Race, Spot and Davey: Why's she looking at us?
JP *taking a book from a little girl and patting her on the head as she goes to join the boys on the floor*: Thank you, Sweets. *Opening book, pushing glasses up*: Glow Bright and the Seven Newsies.
Race: Newsies, did ya' hear that guys? It's about us.
Pie Eater: Am I in it, huh, huh, am I?
Spot: Where's me name, where's me name?
JP: Well, if you would let me read, we could find out.
Jack: Shhhh, or I'll have to soak ya'!!
JP *Clearing throat*: Glow Bright and the Seven Newsies.
Sweetest little girl in the world: Mommy it's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
JP: This is a different story, Bug.
Little girl: Okay, Mommy. *Looks around room* I don't like boys, I only like girls.
JP: Yes, I know, but someday all that will change. *Returning gaze back to book* Glow Bright and the Seven Newsies *looking up expecting another interruption* Once upon a time.
Skittery: Upon? When was that?
JP: About 1900 or so, there lived a young woman named Glow Bright.
Spot *Sitting upright, with a look of great interest*: A young woman? How old is she? What does she look like?
JP: I'm sorry, the story doesn't really tell how old she is.
Jack: Seventeen, I think she's seventeen.
Racetrack: And short, she's short.
JP: Actually, it says she's tall with long auburn hair.
Racetrack: 5'6" that's tall for a girl, right?
Little girl *Looking very impatient*: Mommy, can I go take a nap?
JP: Don't you want to hear the story, Honey?
Little girl: I'm not hearing it now, not with all these boys around.
JP: True, why don't we take a break for some milk and cookies? If I feed them they can't talk too, right?
Dreamer: Hey Sweetie, welcome to the story, I hope I am able to live up to your expectations. Thank you for the review and encouragement!!
Atlantic: Hope this isn't too disappointing for a first chapter.
Hottie5Star: I know this probably isn't what you were expecting, but wow is it fun to write. Hope you'll stick around and find out what happens!