Posts Tagged ‘Argument’
Aug
Whose Apartment?
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
I rent an apartment that’s above a garage.
But there’s a dog who has made a home for himself in the corner.
He’s without a collar
and needs a bath.
I’m polite, so I don’t say anything.
But he growls as if it’s his apartment!
I explain; I’m paying the rent, so really it’s my apartment, so he needs to accept reality.
He dismisses my argument.
I offer him food and he eats it.
I give him a bath and he goes along with it.
Finally, he licks my face in an apparent suggestion that we become roommates.
I accept.
From Guest Contributor Kent V Anderson
When Kent isn’t writing stories, he is building robots.
Apr
Wrong Turn
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Gareth and Melissa knew they were lost when they reached the gas station. It seemed abandoned, with the rusted pump and the crooked sign and the station house that had collapsed years previously.
They argued bitterly, with each blaming the other. Melissa had missed the turnoff, Gareth had refused to look at the map. But their anger towards each other was really just a mask for their own fears.
The station pump was well over 3 meters tall. They couldn’t be sure when it had happened, but sometime during the night they had crossed over into the land of giants.
Feb
Squabbles
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
“It’ll be easier if we just throw it away and start over.”
“Let’s not be too hasty. I think we can manage.”
“Fine. Then you do it.”
“Don’t get mad. I’m just trying to help.”
“You’re not trying to help. You have to control everything I do. I’m sick of it.”
“Look who’s talking. If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t even be in this situation in the first place.”
“That’s not fair. You were happy too. You just don’t like the way I’m handling it.”
“Everything would have been fine if we’d just hired the obstetrician like I wanted.”
The Daily Theme from Figment for February 1, 2012
Write an active scene entirely in dialogue. No quotation marks; no he said-she said; no description of action—just the words the characters say. Don’t explicitly tell us what the activity is, but through your characters’ dialogue, make it clear what they’re doing.