Write out full scene // 2 pages // 300-400 words // bring for Thursday
At Big Boy in Manistee with my grandparents, mom, dad, and sister, throwing up.
Storyboard:
Time & place: A Big Boy restaurant in my grandparents' town.
Weather: Fluorescent lighting, a little cold, as restaurants often are
Sounds: Dishes and silverware clinking, people eating, small talk, servers talking, cooks yelling, repeated lines of conversation due to my grandpa's bad hearing, patrons talking, toilets flushing, the sound of dispensing paper towels, bathroom sinks running water
Smells: pancakes, coffee, bacon, industrial bathroom soap, industrial bathroom cleaner
Props: Dirty plates, glasses, coffee mugs, my purse, my mom's purse, my sister's purse.
Characters/relationships: Grandma & Grandpa, Mom, Dad, Sarah (sister)
Action: Small talk after dinner, waiting for bill, waiting for grandma & mom to leave bathroom, Bethany goes to bathroom and makes herself throw up
Subjects of dialogue: Myself, Sarah, everyone else at dinner conversation
Subtext of dialogue: Bethany says she's fine, but is lying; she's really very mentally ill
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