A Leap of Folly #8Sunday #MFRWHooks #SnipSun

 

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Note: I had a really odious week and was not up to sharing fiction or even poetry this go-round. This is an excerpt from a piece that I wrote for the Reedsy weekly prompts competition. 

While I tend to be straightforward about who and what I am, I'm not exactly an open book. This piece sheds a little light on the mystery of Cie. It is both real and raw. I am sharing an excerpt here. 

Excerpt

I always loved writing, and, for the most part, got high marks for the little stories that I wrote in school. Teachers encouraged me to become a writer, and my paternal grandmother, who had once worked with such artists as Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence thought that I should concentrate on my piano playing, but I wanted to be an actress.

I was ugly and unpopular. Actresses, I reasoned, were beautiful, and if I were an actress, people would love me. Then I could thumb my nose at all the people who treated me poorly.

So, I took a leap of faith, believing that if I worked hard in every school play, it would pave the road to my becoming a beautiful Hollywood star beloved by all.

I got a bit part as a secretary in the seventh-grade play. I was madly in love with the male lead, a cool guy named Jay. Jay skateboarded to school. He thought of me as a little sister when he thought of me at all. 

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14 comments:

  1. Thank you for this heartfelt and painful share.

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    1. Thanks for reading it. :-)
      I'll be back to sharing fiction after this. Amazon finally deigned to publish the latest in the Cloned Heat series. Their crap really threw my writing schedule for a loop.

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  2. Thank you for sharing. It's not easy to open up about one's life or dreams. I'm sure many can relate.

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  3. It sounds like you were bursting with talent in all directions. As far as I'm aware, the acting didn't turn out and the writing did. What about the piano playing?

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    1. I've not touched a musical instrument in 30 years. It's a bit of a sore point for me.

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  4. I adore courage in the face of potential failure. You go, girl, from this not quite mature audience!

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    1. Except I'm not courageous. I'm a hot mess flailing around throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks.

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  5. Throwing things at the wall to see what sticks is one way to sort things out. :-) I agree with what everyone said, Cara. You are a talented writer with a HUGE imagination. :-)

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  6. Well, where would we be without those leaps of faith? They always lead to something, even if not what we were aiming for. Thanks for sharing...

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  7. Thanks for sharing. The creative path is never an easy one.

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  8. If you don't try, you'll never know. The saddest words are I wish I'd...

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  9. Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed learning more about you

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  10. Well I think that you are amazing, lovely, and a Victor! You are beating this thing called life and changes people around you by simply never giving up!

    YOU GO GIRL!

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