Jul 8, 2023·edited Jul 10, 2023Liked by Chuck Palahniuk
It still needs the illusion of caring about regular people, and the environment. All about optics. Which was a big part of the story I just got as finished as I can at my current skill level.
The newest one is my best premise yet, and biggest endeavor. Starts with a nonfiction device that reveals some big parts of plot. Gonna be 3 different voices. Narrator, Martyr, Jerk, of course. One of those is going to be a narrative cookbook. Already got some to study. Exciting stuff.
Edit: I said this the wrong way. The passive character, the aggressive character, and the one that survives the tale are all going to narrate, and have different versions of events. Gonna be a great exercise in voice. Right now Im torturing the passive character in some very fun ways. Geoff deserves to be punished for having no balls.
It could feature a section consisting entirely of paparazzi photos of people seen reading it. To get in the section is desirable, so you have to buy it to have a copy to be seen reading. Then you have to buy it again to see if you're in it, reading the copy you bought before.
Incorporate a sense of shame about being papped reading an old issue and we'll have created the sense of desperate paranoia and anxiety needed to sell this sort of thing in no time.
Exquisite! I used the first issue to line my California Condor's cage. He promptly shat all over it. All my neighbors want to know where to buy their own copy.
It's just crazy enough to work!
That last paragraph nearly gave me hope. Nearly.
It still needs the illusion of caring about regular people, and the environment. All about optics. Which was a big part of the story I just got as finished as I can at my current skill level.
The newest one is my best premise yet, and biggest endeavor. Starts with a nonfiction device that reveals some big parts of plot. Gonna be 3 different voices. Narrator, Martyr, Jerk, of course. One of those is going to be a narrative cookbook. Already got some to study. Exciting stuff.
Edit: I said this the wrong way. The passive character, the aggressive character, and the one that survives the tale are all going to narrate, and have different versions of events. Gonna be a great exercise in voice. Right now Im torturing the passive character in some very fun ways. Geoff deserves to be punished for having no balls.
Also, Im establishing a social order.
I'm in! Consider this my applecation ass copy editor.
Let’s do this.
Spitballing is all Im good for.
Where do I sign up? I’ll have my assistant call.
This is sounding a bit like Amway. I’m in, dude!
Think of all the scratch-n-sniff perfumes we could add!
The Essence of Ozone.
Smoke of the Amazon.
It could feature a section consisting entirely of paparazzi photos of people seen reading it. To get in the section is desirable, so you have to buy it to have a copy to be seen reading. Then you have to buy it again to see if you're in it, reading the copy you bought before.
Incorporate a sense of shame about being papped reading an old issue and we'll have created the sense of desperate paranoia and anxiety needed to sell this sort of thing in no time.
It will be like the current Wine spectator. No need for anything but placeholder text.
Consider this my application, I'm in.
Having ended up working PR on a job adjacent to billionaire ***** builders for a brief period, this whole post is scarily accurate.
Exquisite! I used the first issue to line my California Condor's cage. He promptly shat all over it. All my neighbors want to know where to buy their own copy.
I want in!
GDmmit— I’m in, Chuck! Sign me up as a staff writer.