To be a Straw Hat

By ShutEyeShares

1.3K 99 23

A young woman graduated from college and has no idea what to do with the rest of her life. No one will hire a... More

For the Reader
Prologue
1) After Graduation
2) Grab a Laptop and Gather Round
3) Craigslist: Extras Wanted
4) If Only I was a Straw Hat
5) There's Not Much Else to Say
6) No Response
7) Old Expectations, Make Way For the New
8) An Internship?
9) Interning at a Start-up
10) All They Think About
11) It's Time to Make Some Money
12) A Producer (Miss P)'s Assistant
13) How they Put the "Up and Coming" Down
14) Not Where She's Meant to Be
15) Halloween: There Are Some Things We Can't Explain
16) Start-up: A Sad Goodbye
17) What Spiky Wants
18) The First Step
20) Please God, Please
21) Going to the Gym
22) I Can Do This
23) Another One for the Records!
24) The Nantucket Festival Schedule
25) Before the Big Day
26) The Most Important Brunch in Spiky's Life
27) One Step at a Time
28) Why did Spiky go to School?
29) I Feel Stuck
30) Glad to Be Moving
31) It's Taking Longer Than Expected
32) Growing up in America
33) What Could This Mean?
34) He Believes in Spiky
35) The Production Package
36) On the Other Side
37) It's Not Always Fun
38) I Need More Space
39) A Letter to Myself
40) Things Really Do Take Time
41) Spiky's Gut Takes Her on a Trip
42) Enjoying The Last of It
43) Are They Actually Adults Yet?
44) Open House
45) The 2019 Marathon
46) One of Two Lessons
47) Lesson Number Two
48) Together For Christmas
49) It's Not Over
50) She Makes A Kickstarter
51) Waiting For Festivals
52) The Inner Stress Of Success
53) Memories
54) After All this Work Is It Good?
55) It Did Not Sell
56) Stories Coming to Life
57) When Something Ends, Something Else Begins
58) Can She Move Ahead?
59) Meeting Echo
60) Patience with Echo
61) Long Time No $ee
62) On a cold November day
63) An American Road Trip
64) Falling for a Dollar
65) Reaching Land
66) Finding Another Way
67) We need to Interview them Again
68) Posting on Youtube
69) A Possible Business Partner
70) Done With Dating Apps
71) Going Down A Rabbit Hole
72) An October Hike Alone

19) A Cold Critique

13 2 0
By ShutEyeShares


It is late and there is nowhere to go.

The two sat on a cold bench with snow.

Cory held the script and read it in silence.

Spiky wishes she was on a warm island.


Her fingers are frozen numb,

Waiting for Cory to be done.


He looks up, "This will be your first film?"

"Yes, my first real film."

"It's ambitious."


It's nothing compared to my feature film,

She thought.


He wasn't being vicious.


Cory states what needs to be fixed.

Spiky writes it all in a short list.


At the end of the critique he asked a question.

As if this was an intervention.


"You said you want to work for yourself?

What happens when you want a job later?"

Spiky replies, "You sound like a hater."


"I'm being realistic.

One day you might need to make money.

Having a gap in your resume won't be sunny."


"Cory,

I live at home, I have no boyfriend, and I have no job.

I have all the time in the world, and nothing to lose." 



Note: Updates every Friday

Continue Reading

You'll Also Like

395K 27.4K 33
What happens when you grow up wearing clothes that are too small or way too big, or wear hand me down clothes passed on from family, get teased by yo...
50.3K 1K 17
A/N: Ok lets get one thing straight i am not and NEVER Will be a BRONY Ok? This is just a test run to see if you guys will like it or not...also Mi...
129 0 10
A story following a modern-day damsel in distress struggling with the mundane cycle of life. Alone but surrounded by people, mental health issues, an...
2.9K 72 34
A book about life and people, about the past and the present, about insights and stories, all seen through the eyes of a 30 year old kid trying to fi...