When everybody in the family wants you to do something, sometimes you just have to man up and do it. Even if you don’t know what it is you have to do or, in this case, how to even do it.
Friday Fictioneers – Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic each week to write a 100 word story about.
This week, it’s humor (funny, it was humor the week before, and the week before that, and the week before…)
Copyright – Jan Wayne Fields
A Novel In Search of an Author, or
Writing Can Be an Invisible Affair, or
Watch Out World, Stanley Pennerman is Supposed to Be Writing the Definitive Novel
Stanley Pennerman, Novelist Anticipatus.
My children bought this desk for me. The drawers are like little chapters in my wish-to-be-written novel.
Feel the polished wood: like the wood, my family swears that my future readers will love the feelings engendered in my yet-to-be-conceived masterpiece.
My mother, pressured me, sorry, encouraged me, to write, gifting me this antique picture of an unknown author. She laughs, saying that the world doesn’t know who I am yet either.
My wife painted my office this stimulating, soft-warm, orangey-looking color.
Everything’s so friggin’ perfect: pens, paper, dictionary, chair.
How come I just don’t see me in this picture…
Randy Mazie
The Writer's Village 
Dear Randy,
I’m not sure if this is comedy or tragedy. Nu? What are you waiting for. Write already. Everyone should have so much support.
(Good one).
Shalom,
Rochelle
Oy. So much pressure.
I think I’ll take a snooze first and relax.
Randy
Very funny and very true. “I’m gonna be a writer and I’ve got everything together! Now what?”
Not that this applies to me and you…
Nah. Doesn’t apply, not really, nah.
Can I get back to you after I have some time to think about what I really want to write.
BBIAF
(be back in a flash)
Randy
Families eh? I think it is time for a little nap first…
Claire
Here, I’ll move over. Comfortable enough?
Randy
Yes, it is funny! With all this encouragement he must find one way to fit in there!
I don’t think he really wants to fit in there.
What seems like family support, he’s experiencing as pressure.
Everyone sees him in this picture, except him
Poor chap. I have an image of his entire extended family quietly clustered around behind him waiting for him to effortlessly pen his masterpiece!
No pressure there eh.
Good comment. Randy
Chuck the pen. Bring in a laptop, redecorate. Take assertiveness courses. Too many of us led by the nose through life. Some of me, no doubt.
I like your attitude, young man. Let’s do this thing.
Chuck it all.
I’m out of here.
PS you got a place for me to stay?
Randy, I loved the title, “Novelist Anticipatus.” This is hilarious, and the comments were fun also. 😀 Poor guy. Doesn’t that family have anything else they can be doing? Well written. 🙂 —Susan
Thank you.
You obviously haven’t lived in my family….
Randt 😉
Friday Desktioneers, ahahaha!
Tee Hee.
From my desk to yours.
Randy
Why don’t they just hold a gun to his temple and say, “Crank out a New York Times bestseller.” His first novel could be Writing for the Mob. At least they aren’t insisting her write romance.
Novelist Anticipatus – now there’s a new title we can all adopt. I really feel for Stanley. Hopefully, with time he will become part of his own picture and please wife and mother…?
Novelist Dejecticus… I suspecticus. Randy
Dear Randy, You’ll do fine – you just wrote your first excellent story (above) and I loved it! I love the wall color too! Really Randy, good story! Nan 🙂
Can I move in with you?