“…and so for as long as I can remember I’ve been in Spain, drinking in the sunshine and just enjoying life. Things are so much better when you can just let go, you know?
I mean, take Miguel, he looks chilled and cool but I’ve seen him after hours; the guy has serious issues. He needs to take a step back and just relax, you know? Just kick back and enjoy himself. Take some Miguel-time, you know?”
“Ah crap. Sorry, can you…”
“Que?”
“Sorry, we’re going to need to go again. MANUEL! BOOM MIC is in shot!”
“SANTA MARIA! MOTHER…”
Submitted for Friday Fictioneers photo prompt. See if you can write a piece of flash fiction in 100 words.
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Dear Mr. B,
Technical difficulties. Hate it when that happens. Nice one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks, Rochelle.
Sounds like they all need some more relaxing. 🙂 Also, just for clarification, are there only two speakers here? I couldn’t tell if there were two or three.
Indeed they do.
hmm, yeah I can appreciate there may be some confusion there. I wanted to keep it fast and frantic as well as hit 100 words (I take great pleasure in all my pieces being bang on 100) and breaking it up with “he said / she said” lost the pace.
I feel the same way. The “he said/she said” can eat up some valuable word real estate.
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Really good dialogue. I try to make it exactly 100 words too. I spent a lot of time counting and recounting.
Thanks very much. Wanted to try something a little bit different this week.
Great take. I hadn’t even noticed the boom mic top left or whatever it is
I want to know what it REALLY is! 😀
Ha.. really good.. I got to think about Faulty Towers just by the name Manuel….
🙂 Thanks Björn!
Take two I guess. Creative.
Thanks for reading 🙂
Time for take 2. 🙂
🙂
I liked the juxtaposition between the serious title and the funny interview taking place. Nicely done!
Cheers 🙂
Ooh a scene within a scene, squeezed into 100 words, amazing brevity and a great story. Roll on next week I say!
A scene within a scene within a story within a blog within a computer within an internets! BRAIN EXPLODE!
Ah, the boom. Missed that. Great little story.
Why thank you 🙂
They really need to chill out lol 🙂 creative and fast paced work, well done.
Ooh I’ve never been accused of being that before ;D Thanks!
Welcome lol 🙂
i like that you noticed that detail in the photo and wrote about it. very creative and humorous 🙂
Thanks K.Z.
I only got the story when somebody mentioned that there was a boom mic in the photo. Then, I don’t know what a boom mic looks like. I thought that thing was a SPICE SHAKER! You know, to add spice to the drink at the table? 🙂
Hee-hee-hee! You never know when things are going to steal the moment. I have been there a few times when the mic goes crazy on the set myself.
Good story – the mic in the picture – I wonder what it is for? Great!
I wonder what it really is?
Love this line: “he looks chilled and cool but I’ve seen him after hours; the guy has serious issues”! It made me chuckle 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Oh that Miguel. I hear he’s always getting in the way! Make him wait outside! Great story!! 😀
hehe, thank you 🙂
This is like a scene out of a scene. Nicely done!
I like being right on the nose with my word counts too. 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
Ah yes, everyone needs some me-time. Going to be a lot of cussing around otherwise 😀
This was great! Loved it! 🙂
Aww thanks 🙂