Comments on 'Open Mic Night'Margot sipped idly on her scotch, heaving an overly dramatic sigh with such practiced effort that she almost stopped to congratulate herself on the intensity. She took her seat at the back, waved the drifting smoke from her face and focused the last of her attention on the stage.
Open mic night was always the worst, she thought. Only a bunch of degenerate losers who thought they had talent completely embarrassing themselves in public. Well, a drunkened audience who couldn't possibly distinguish talent sober or not...Margot dared herself not to heave another one of her famous Scarlett O'Hara sighs.
A man in a skin tight sequin leotard, finished a very rigorous interpretive dance and bowed. Margot gave out a "Hmphh," accompanied by a sneer obvious enough for other patrons to acknowledge. Judging by the stares she recieved, she knew she was becoming, very drunk.
Then the spotlight hit him...he was nervous, the typical case. But then he began to speak, and Margot couldn't conjure a sigh.2008-04-20T23:14:12Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/28068Comment on Open Mic Night<p>Smoky writing for a smoky scene. Nice job developing this character. I’m not saying I’d want to be her friend or anything, but a definite character.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/28068?basename=576972008-04-20T23:14:12ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on Open Mic Night<p>I loved reading this. I’ve been to a few poetry reads lately and you’re right about the typical characters you see there, be they performing on stage with shakey hands or sighing in the crowd with a liqour drink in hand and a cynical sneer. I liked the realization that she was becoming very drunk, and the ending gave a positive twist and made me feel like there was some hope for her.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/28068?basename=575412008-04-20T10:14:02ZTad Winslowhttp://ficlets.com/authors/tjd