[Write The Story] An Amateur Film Competition

Prompt: An Amateur Film Competition

Words: asteroid, multitude, bobsled, rodent, boysenberry, gut, reel, showtime, busy, spider

Story

“If you drip boysenberry jelly on my laptop, I will kill you.”

“I have never dripped, Spider. Relax. We’ll get it ready before the competition tomorrow.”

Spider glared at me. “We need to get busy. We have 24 hours until showtime, and we have a multitude of competition. I really want to win this.”

“With rodents on a bobsled? Really?” I asked.

“Don’t forget the asteroid.”

“Of course, how could I forget that?”

By two a.m., I was giddy with exhaustion and too much caffeine, but we were making progress on the reel.

We made to the deadline. The film was to the judges. It was only a matter of time before the screenings and the results. The anticipation was a buoy to my flagging energy.

“We’re going to win this.” Spider was wired. “I know it. I feel it in my gut.”

“I hope you innards are right, Spider. I know some of the other teams. They’re good.”

“We’re better. They’re going to go pedestrian or artsy. NO one else is going summer blockbuster. We’re going to kill.”

“I hope you don’t meant that literally.” When Spider snorted, I wasn’t sure how to take it. He was a wizard with 3D effects, but wasn’t sure if he’d made the leap to reality yet. We had lasers in our film. What could go wrong?

Word Count: 224

Written: 7/16/2020

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