Wait wait wait so okay it’s a story, right, and the character wakes up depressed, right? And and the first thing they do is smoke a cigarette. In bed, right? Because they’re depressed. And they’re like, in bed, with a premarital sex partner that they don’t feel all too much affection for, like, cuz like, it’s a one night stand, or something, or, or maybe it’s like, a more long term relationship that’s been going downhill, or something, and they don’t know what to do. Idk, you can iron out the details later. Okay. But get this: they have sex anyway. First thing in the morning. And, and, it feels hollow. Empty. Right? And, and they smoke another cigarette. And they know the cigarettes might be killing them, right, but see, they don’t care. Get it? Like, since they’re depressed, they don’t actually even care when stuff is bad for them? Isn’t that, like, I don’t know—neat? Okay but then, but what if then they like, I don’t know, they get up and it’s like, 2 p.m. in the day already, and they go get a coffee, and then they smoke another cigarette while drinking the coffee? And and okay, and then maybe while this is happening they’re having a fight over text with that person from before. That was in bed with them. That they had premarital sex with. There could be some kind of problem, idk, you can come up with the specifics when you write it (maybe they’re the one who actually did do something wrong, like maybe they actually hurt the other person, but they don’t even care? That could be
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Short Story Pitch
Short Story Pitch
Wait wait wait so okay it’s a story, right, and the character wakes up depressed, right? And and the first thing they do is smoke a cigarette. In bed, right? Because they’re depressed. And they’re like, in bed, with a premarital sex partner that they don’t feel all too much affection for, like, cuz like, it’s a one night stand, or something, or, or maybe it’s like, a more long term relationship that’s been going downhill, or something, and they don’t know what to do. Idk, you can iron out the details later. Okay. But get this: they have sex anyway. First thing in the morning. And, and, it feels hollow. Empty. Right? And, and they smoke another cigarette. And they know the cigarettes might be killing them, right, but see, they don’t care. Get it? Like, since they’re depressed, they don’t actually even care when stuff is bad for them? Isn’t that, like, I don’t know—neat? Okay but then, but what if then they like, I don’t know, they get up and it’s like, 2 p.m. in the day already, and they go get a coffee, and then they smoke another cigarette while drinking the coffee? And and okay, and then maybe while this is happening they’re having a fight over text with that person from before. That was in bed with them. That they had premarital sex with. There could be some kind of problem, idk, you can come up with the specifics when you write it (maybe they’re the one who actually did do something wrong, like maybe they actually hurt the other person, but they don’t even care? That could be