Author's Note:
Hey everyone! This is a new story idea that I suddenly got a few days ago. I got the idea from the Disney movie Beauty and The Beast (which I actually mention in this prologue) when Belle is singing her opening song "Belle" when she talks about living in a small providence and how she wonders if "There's more than this provincial life." During the song, the villagers start singing about what a strange, but special girl Belle is and it sort of got me thinking. What if a girl who is very strange but special as well came into a modern day, very small town. What kind of an effect would she have, especially on the narrator (who isn't the strange girl)? I don't really have a real plot to this. I only have some ideas and the story is writing itself. So, let me know what you guys think. Should I continue writing this or not? Thanks guys!
Wild Cat
Target
This story isn't about me, even though I am telling it. Sure, I play a big role in it, but there is someone else whom this story is truly about. This person came rolling into this out of the way town and changed not only the town itself, but my life forever. The real star of this story is, well, her real name is Bethany Anderson, but she hates that name. She prefers to be called Target. There are three people who knows the story behind that nickname. Myself, her guardian, and Target herself. She is incredibly sensitive about the story.
This story begins and ends in a small town in Chester Village, Connecticut; population 6,106 located in the south east side of the state. We are a quiet town. It always reminds me of that song in the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast, when Belle sings the song about how boring a “provincial life” is. That’s basically Chester Village in a nutshell. There’s Katie the baker, Sam the repair man, Andrea the mayor, and Phil the chief of police. However, I am nothing like Belle. I very much enjoy living in Small Town, USA. I have two loving parents and an annoying, but cute nine year old brother. I was a junior in Chester Village High when my life changed and had a few friends. My parents have steady jobs that allows us to live a comfortable life. I’ve never needed anything in my life. In school, I have an almost solid 4.0 grade average.
I’ve lived in Chester Village my whole life and, even though many people complain about one day escaping the small town life, I never want to leave. While other students are excited to leave for college, I cringe at the idea. I like my sheltered, safe life and I'm not even sure if I was going to go to college. I plan on graduating high school and then going to work in the town’s convenience shop that my mother owns, hoping to one day own it when she retired. I already work there as a part-time after school job and a full time job during the summer.
Then...everything changed when she arrived in our town, disrupting our routine and comfortable living style. However, now after everything that’s happened, I wouldn’t have it any other way. This is the story of Target.
Author's Note:
So, what do you think? I kind of like it, but should I continue posting it? Let me know! :)
Wild Cat
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Hi, I haven't commented before, but I wanted to let you know that I do enjoy your writing. I am loving both Keeper and Taken Away.
ReplyDeleteThis story looks interesting but how you will go with 3 stories on the run? Will you be able to keep going with the others?
Anyway, that's my 2 bits worth. :) Wishing you well with all of those balls that you have in the air at the moment! Lisa :)
Hmmm... it sounds fairly interesting I suppose. But like Lisa says in the previous comment, will you be able to write three stories at once? Or are you intending to drop The Keeper and Taken Away? I certainly hope not because I really love the other two.
ReplyDeleteI will not be dropping any stories. I can handle three, but I won't be taking on any more than that.
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