Walking the Writer’s Plank

By Noshin

She sat staring at the screen. She had it all planned out, down to the ending. But now the characters had lives of their own, and they wanted to be heard. Her perfect storyline lay trampled.

“What’s wrong?” he asked from the door.

“My characters are rebelling.”

“Only you,” he sniggered. “Would have a character mutiny in your hands. What happened?”

“She fell in love with someone else.”

“Ugh, not the love triangle again!”

“It’s not! I just hope listening to her isn’t a mistake.”

“It won’t be. She will have her happy ending, you will make sure of it.”