Writer's Block by Eugene Stickland Flashcards

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OK. _____?_____ Like Dr. Davis. What if Dr. Davis walked in right now?

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If there’s a God, I want someone I know to walk in here right now so they can see me with Luke Stike.

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Like Dr. Davis. _____?_____ He’d be like, “Oh hi Belinda, how are you?”

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What if Dr. Davis walked in right now?

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“Oh hi Belinda, how are you?” _____?_____. Oh, and by the way, guess who I’m waiting for”

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And I’d be like, “Oh, just fine thanks even though you tried to kill my GPA with that B-minus in Canadian dramatic lit.

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Oh, and by the way, guess who I’m waiting for” _____?_____. and we’d have to laugh at his lame joke

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and he’d be like, “Godot?”

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and we’d have to laugh at his lame joke _____?_____. and he’d be like, “Oh?”

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and I’d be like, “No, actually, I’m waiting for Luke Stike.”

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and he’d be like, “Oh?” _____?_____. How cool would that be?

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and I’d be like, “Yeah actually we’re friends.”

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How cool would that be? _____?_____. You spend all your life waiting for a moment like this to come around….

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How totally awesomely cool would that be?

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Hi. _____?_____. (He says she looks beautiful) Thank you.

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It’s OK you’re late.

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OK. I just have to say, this is just so totally like wow you know? _____?_____. Like, you know?

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Me, out with Luke Stike, the award-winning playwright!

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Me, out with Luke Stike, the award-winning playwright! _____?_____. Oh, I know you’re a regular guy- you put your pants on one leg at a time.

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Like, you know?

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Like, you know? _____?_____. That’s so funny!

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Oh, I know you’re a regular guy- you put your pants on one leg at a time.

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Oh, I know you’re a regular guy- you put your pants on one leg at a time. _____?_____. Still, a young person like myself who’s done nothing to be in the company of a like totally major writer.

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That’s so funny!

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That’s so funny! _____?_____. It’s so awesome.

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Still, a young person like myself who’s done nothing to be in the company of a like totally major writer.

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Still, a young person like myself who’s done nothing to be in the company of a like totally major writer. _____?_____. I totally hope somebody I know walks in.

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It’s so awesome.

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Would that bother me? _____?_____. It would be totally cool.

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No way.

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No way. _____?_____. Like if some of my friends from the University came by?

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It would be totally cool.

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It would be totally cool. _____?_____. That would be totally awesome.

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Like if some of my friends from the University came by?

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Like if some of my friends from the University came by? _____?_____. Like if they saw us here together, especially my friend Chloe who has a total crush on you.

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That would be totally awesome.

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That would be totally awesome. _____?_____. Because they probably wouldn’t believe me otherwise.

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Like if they saw us here together, especially my friend Chloe who has a total crush on you.

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Like if they saw us here together, especially my friend Chloe who has a total crush on you. _____?_____. Like- we studied you, eh?

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Because they probably wouldn’t believe me otherwise.

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Because they probably wouldn’t believe me otherwise. _____?_____. We had to write papers on you.

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Like- we studied you, eh?

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Like- we studied you, eh? _____?_____. My other friend Ashley wrote a paper on your play, Cold Comfort for Change.

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We had to write papers on you.

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We had to write papers on you. _____?_____. She’s a big Pink Floyd fan.

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My other friend Ashley wrote a paper on your play, Cold Comfort for Change.

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My other friend Ashley wrote a paper on your play, Cold Comfort for Change. _____?_____. She totally likes your later, gloomier stuff better.

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She’s a big Pink Floyd fan.

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She’s a big Pink Floyd fan. _____?_____. I think I do too.

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She totally likes your later, gloomier stuff better.

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She totally likes your later, gloomier stuff better. _____?_____. We all totally admire you for writing stuff that no one really wants to see.

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I think I do too.

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I think I do too. _____?_____. (pause, waits for him to finish saying something, finally-) You were about to ask me something?

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We all totally admire you for writing stuff that no one really wants to see.

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We all totally admire you for writing stuff that no one really wants to see. (pause, waits for him to finish saying something, finally-) _____?_____. It’s OK.

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You were about to ask me something?

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You were about to ask me something? _____?_____?_____?_____?_____?_____. It won’t go any further than this table.

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It’s OK. You can ask me anything. Anything. It’s OK. Go ahead.