Twisted Tale

Well, 300 words is submitted and I chose the hospital with the doctor who had been told by the patient not to tell his relatives he was dying. It’s submitted, so I can’t post it for a month or so. It still leaves me with ideas for the waiting room at the doctors, the lawyers, the law court, the theatrical agency, the dentist, the school interview, the Palace, and the remote airport. I have a story with a twist to write and thought I would try the remote airport. The pilot is a young woman but that will only come out at the end as the twist. I had thought of doing it from Meekatara in Australia but I’m not all that familiar with that and changed it to South Africa and Upington. There’s a storm on the way and one of the passengers insists on leaving as he has an important appointment. To go round the storm they divert to Springbok and have to stay overnight. It’s at that stage the man tells thee pilot he’s going to be best man at a wedding and the pilot tells him not to worry, they can’t start without them, she’s the bride. Problem – Why does the Best Man not know her? She’s English and met her intended when he was over on a sabbatical. Why are they getting Married in South Africa? He only proposed when they were there. Why not go back to England? Her parents wanted to make a holiday of it.
I’ve had two tales from that list of where the waiting room was for 300 words and the story line of at least the lawyers, the theatrical agents, the school interview and the Palace have legs. Which goes to show the value of story lists written down so that they can be referred to.