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TITLE (EDIT)
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An engaging and personal battle by an arrogant talk-show host to undermine and expose his guest to ridicule. (Unexpected Twist)
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TITLE KEYWORD
Drama |
AUTHOR
Stan A Fowler |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
I was born in the Northeast of England in 1953 and I've recently married my fiance in America. I'm an artist favouring realism and a prolific writer of short stories, or novelettes more like. Although I've sold many paintings and drawings, I have never made the attempt to sell any of my written work, until now. My interests are chiefly sedentry although I love the countryside. I would really appreciate some feed back on this story, good or bad. Thank you!
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"Hiya Stan, I really loved this, my type of story. My only problem with is is the way you've written Sphincter. I'd like to see him softened. He comes across as a total idiot and yet to hold down the position of top talk show host in the states I think he'd have to have a high level of intelligence and charisma. I don't like his name, he would never have chosen it and his ego would not have allowed anyone else to choose it. I don't like his dress, he reminded me very much of our Jonathan Ross (yeuk) and I think his personality was just written on the wrong side of thick. If you toned him down just a little bit he'd be perfect. " -- Sooz, Dalton-in-furness, Cumbria, England.
"PLEASE DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE STORY! The dialogue in this was perfect, speech is something that can be so difficult to get right, I think you did a great job with this. I like the way you kept us guessing all the way down the line. I thought you were leading us down the road of him revealing himself a Jesus for awhile. I thought the twist was going to be that his sister had given him heppy C or aids or something the momentum continues without losing any oomph from begining to end." -- sooz, Dalton-in-furness, Cumbria, England.
"Okay I do have one little problem with the ending. This is a man who lives by Christ and is a *good* man. I can't then see him disregarding the children in his revelation. Yes he wanted to expose Sphincter, but in doing so the way he did, he also exposed the children to all the media attention that would follow, that seems to me just a little bit unbelieveable. Would a vulnerable and possibly already disturbed child in the foster system, be subjected to probing and intimate examination just on the say so of a possibly mad medium? I just feel that the end could do with a bit of a re-work to take the childrens welfare into consideration more. Best story I've read on this site so far. I really enjoyed it thank-you, and thank-you also for reviewing my work. " -- Sooz, Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England..
"Hi Sooz, thank you so much for your wonderful insights and reviews. You are very analytical, just like me, a trait I feel is essential in a writer's toolbox, yeah? I'll answer your points as best I can. The main character's name, I chose simply to epitomize all that is sleazy in some presenters that spring to mind. I tried to be clever by naming him, spoken in an American accent, to suggest 'Hairy Asshole' if you pardon my French? Curiously enough, I based his suit exactly on our mutual friend, Wossy, whom I like very much - he makes me laugh with his sharp wit! I chose the most shocking ending I could imagine that would turn people against their idol on the turn of a sixpence. A touchy subject I know, but it worked so well. It wasn't the medium but the presenter who actually exposed the children through his challenge, and the media or papparazzi has its own cross to bear, if you catch my drift. In my mind I would think, rightly or wrongly, that the exposure would save at least others from becoming victims, don't you think? It is a very complex and extraordinary situation that touches very lightly on reality, and I am humbled by my ignorance in this subject. For a supposed writer, I am very naiave! Thank you again for your honesty!" -- Stan, USA, NY.
"I'd refrain from stating (Unexpected Twist) in the story description since it is unnecessary. Makes a reader actually expect a twist, and does nothing to get a reader to want to read.--The Advisor " -- JA St.George.
"Very well put together and main characters well drawn and believable. I hate to nit pick but I found it a little bit straightforward and predictable. I was actualy expecting more of a twist than I got. I think it might have worked better if the presenter seemed to have the upper hand right up to the ending, seemed to be able to explain away every "demonstration" that Zodiac could come up with, and then suddenly: Bang wallop! The death-blow. As it's written we can see that Sphincter is in trouble pretty early on and it's only a matter of HOW (not if) Zodiac/Goldberg is going to demolish him. It's an extremely entertaining story though. A little proof-reading is needed here and there. Examples: I think "unruffled" is used when it should be "ruffled"; there is a curious use of "uncomplimentary" at the very beginning; "damn" is spelled "dam" throughout; there are some garbled sentences such as "Nor I do not contact the dead", and so on, but that kind of thing is very minor and easy to correct. " -- David Gardiner, London, England.
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© 2002 Stan A Fowler |
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
March 2002 |
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