My Office Job is a 10 page Novella I wrote that I
would like to showcase around. My goal is to have a dramatic reading as a
supplement to the story itself.
Mitch is a hardcore pessimist; he hates everyone and everything around him. Although intelligent, his apathy in school led him to a customer service gig for a widely popular company. Although 28, he passes as a 50 year old due to stress.
The type of voice I'm looking for is deep, sarcastic, and a bit sassy. Mitch is a person with a crude imagination, many quirks and often goes into vivid detail over the smallest of things to express his frustration.
For inspiration, view this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A58jZyhgGmI
I remember my parent's
concerned faces when confronted by my seemingly 500 pound math
teacher during student conferences. His jowls flapping
uncontrollably as his plump lips spewed out the words “your son
has potential, he just doesn't use it.”
I heard a pitter patter.
Of course, for the first time ever, some fatass decides to waddle on
in for a mediocre cup of Joe to swill down his gullet. I panicked and
shoved the letter back into the trash just as he entered. God, I must
have looked like an idiot. Here I am kneeling on the floor like I'm
proposing to my imaginary friend Betty, staring into a trash can like
a looney.
It wasn't easy. It took quite a bit of internet searching and snagging
up every newspaper I could get my hands on to do it, but I found one.
Yes, I was finicky in my searches; I just didn't want to spend my days
growing old while plunging some greasy bald man's toilet
