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Monologue Mania Day # 1266 The Stand-in (more) by Janet S. Tiger (c) Aug. 2, 2017
For other scenes from The Stand-in please see Days # 1163,1164, 1165 and today, 1266
The Stand-in (more) (c)
by Janet S. Tiger (c) 2017 all rights reserved
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(Violet has listened to Ginger and is shaking her head)
VIOLET - I don't know how I let you talk me into this stuff.....
GINGER - Reminder, please - you stalked ME to get me to pretend to be you....that's pretty weird....
VIOLET - (Sputtering) But...but this! I have to put my foot down!
GINGER - That's gonna be very interesting to see....
VIOLET - What possible reason do you have for...for getting me to ....(hard to continue)
GINGER - Getting you to admit that you actually want to write, like, a real book?
VIOLET - I do write real books!
GINGER - You write junk food for women who so want to escape from their lives that they'll read anything....and I am not blaming them, everyone has a choice to read whatever the hell they want, but honey, if you wanna write a real book.....
VIOLET - I don't want to write a real book!
(Ginger looks stunned, but sees there's more here)
VIOLET - I....I already started it.
GINGER - All right! When did you do this? Come on, have I been you know, an inspiration?
VIOLET - That is not the word I would use, but......it's been about six years....
GINGER - (Amazed) Six years! My God, how long is it....hey, if you turn out 300 pages in a month, this thing must be at least....
(Using her fingers to calculate)
VIOLET - I have about 400 pages and it's almost done.....the only thing holding me back is.... is....I don't know if it's any good.
GINGER - (Not joking, sees this is important) Have you shown it to anyone?
VIOLET - Of course not! I didn't have anyone I could trust with it....
GINGER - I can read it! You can trust me!
(Violet looks at her, Ginger is irritated)
VIOLET - As I recall, if there's liquor involved, trust is not the word here....
GINGER - Okay, so maybe I'd have to read it here, but hey, we have time! I'm a fast reader! Didn't I get through those other ten thousand you wrote in only a day or two?
VIOLET - Yes, you did. You read ten thousand books in two days. That's why I trust your judgment - and your level of accuracy.
GINGER - So who you gonna get? Ghostbusters? Come on! You know you want to! You've been dying to have someone read this....what's it about? Can you at least tell me that?
VIOLET - You just don't give up, do you? Like a dog with a bone!
GINGER - And you love it! Because inside, I'm doing all the stuff you wanna do.... with one small difference......I may be able to live it.....but you, you my crazy friend, you can write it.....and that's the biggest difference of all! Because maybe I like to live this good life, but the people who write about all this crazy, you make the difference.....you make history.......not the books that are like McDonald's hamburgers.....a billion served....but the one book that stands out, that changes a life......that's you....how will you ever know if no one reads it......but you?
(Ginger stares at Violet, who takes a deep breath and goes to a desk drawer, unlocks it, and reaches in for a manuscript. End of scene)
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(Violet has listened to Ginger and is shaking her head)
VIOLET - I don't know how I let you talk me into this stuff.....
GINGER - Reminder, please - you stalked ME to get me to pretend to be you....that's pretty weird....
VIOLET - (Sputtering) But...but this! I have to put my foot down!
GINGER - That's gonna be very interesting to see....
VIOLET - What possible reason do you have for...for getting me to ....(hard to continue)
GINGER - Getting you to admit that you actually want to write, like, a real book?
VIOLET - I do write real books!
GINGER - You write junk food for women who so want to escape from their lives that they'll read anything....and I am not blaming them, everyone has a choice to read whatever the hell they want, but honey, if you wanna write a real book.....
VIOLET - I don't want to write a real book!
(Ginger looks stunned, but sees there's more here)
VIOLET - I....I already started it.
GINGER - All right! When did you do this? Come on, have I been you know, an inspiration?
VIOLET - That is not the word I would use, but......it's been about six years....
GINGER - (Amazed) Six years! My God, how long is it....hey, if you turn out 300 pages in a month, this thing must be at least....
(Using her fingers to calculate)
VIOLET - I have about 400 pages and it's almost done.....the only thing holding me back is.... is....I don't know if it's any good.
GINGER - (Not joking, sees this is important) Have you shown it to anyone?
VIOLET - Of course not! I didn't have anyone I could trust with it....
GINGER - I can read it! You can trust me!
(Violet looks at her, Ginger is irritated)
VIOLET - As I recall, if there's liquor involved, trust is not the word here....
GINGER - Okay, so maybe I'd have to read it here, but hey, we have time! I'm a fast reader! Didn't I get through those other ten thousand you wrote in only a day or two?
VIOLET - Yes, you did. You read ten thousand books in two days. That's why I trust your judgment - and your level of accuracy.
GINGER - So who you gonna get? Ghostbusters? Come on! You know you want to! You've been dying to have someone read this....what's it about? Can you at least tell me that?
VIOLET - You just don't give up, do you? Like a dog with a bone!
GINGER - And you love it! Because inside, I'm doing all the stuff you wanna do.... with one small difference......I may be able to live it.....but you, you my crazy friend, you can write it.....and that's the biggest difference of all! Because maybe I like to live this good life, but the people who write about all this crazy, you make the difference.....you make history.......not the books that are like McDonald's hamburgers.....a billion served....but the one book that stands out, that changes a life......that's you....how will you ever know if no one reads it......but you?
(Ginger stares at Violet, who takes a deep breath and goes to a desk drawer, unlocks it, and reaches in for a manuscript. End of scene)
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