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An Intermission
Chad: interesting premise
Ian: that all?
Chad: it has potential?
Chad: i like the premise
Chad: it will be interesting to see where it goes
Ian: heh
Ian: that's fairly unenthusiastic
Chad: that's what you say about every response i give to your writing
Chad: nonetheless, I've been bugging you to write
Chad: so do the math on that
Ian: asshole
Ian: Oh, did I mention?
Ian: this conversation is Chapter 2B
Ian: Granted, now we're breaking the fourth wall and all...
Chad: well that's oddly fitting
Chad: well, i think you broke the fourth wall already
Chad: kinda shitty premise really
Chad: i guess i should say hi to the readers
Chad: hi.
Ian: shitty premise?
Chad: the conceptualization of the fourth wall
Ian: is that you being clever and snide, or just critical?
Chad: we all know its there but we don't talk about it
Chad: its like the elephant in the room
Chad: and we go on merrily writing away
Ian: Trust a fucking Catholic to come up with that
Ian: but yeah
Ian: I'm thinking, literature hasn't addressed the reader since, what, Beowulf?
Chad: so now the funny thing is
Chad: by negating the 4th wall, you didn't really break it
Chad: cause see, they're out there reading still
Chad: you merely created a new 4th wall
Ian: yeah, I know
Ian: but shhh
Chad: and now they think we're both being trendy
Ian: both?
Ian: it's all you
Ian: you're getting pompous
Chad: you're the one who brought up the wall
Chad: i was all for not mentioning it
Chad: its like that uncle no one talks about, but who shows up for the holidays
Ian: I was trying to be coy, really
Ian: I should have chosen better characters for this book
Chad: you're sort of left with what you get in the character department, aren't you?
Ian: The curse of the memoir
Chad: think of it as an exciting journey
Ian: Well, see
Ian: now it's like reality TV
Ian: you idiots are going to be mugging for the proverbial camera
Chad: not particularly
Chad: i didn't know the camera was there til you told me
Ian: The difference between reality TV and the store security tape, mon ami
Chad: nonetheless
Chad: you can't go mugging if you don't know its there
Ian: Before when you got caught stealing, it was a crime
Ian: now it's a clever post-modernist deconstruction of my theme of this book as a capitalist sacrificial goat
Ian: Shit, now I'm doing it too
Chad: kind of unavoidable
Chad: its too late now though
Chad: in theory, they bought the book
Ian: or stole it. I do have a certain rogue appeal
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