{"id":2576,"date":"2021-11-29T22:46:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T04:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2021-11-29T22:50:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T04:50:38","slug":"bonus-the-missing-narrator-extended-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/bonus-the-missing-narrator-extended-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Outtake: The Missing Narrator (Extended Version)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

This is a fun deleted section that’s a little too meta and absurdist for its own good. I trimmed it waaaay down for the Jubalee<\/a> chapter of\u00a0L Extreme<\/em>, but still dig it enough to share here. I’m a big fan of non-traditional, hyper referential storytelling and loved the setup of the overly loquacious intrusive narrator being scolded into going on strike. One day I might rework it as an unrelated experimental short story, but here it is in full rough-ish draft glory with all the Benji Hughes references intact.<\/p>\r\n

(Note that the shorter official\u00a0L Extreme<\/em><\/a> version has a very specific plot reason for the narrator’s disappearance, but in this earlier draft it was just a dumb little stunt without much of a point. Kill your darlings\u2014or at least repurpose them…)<\/p>\r\n

(Bonus fun fact: A note attached to this scene says:\u00a0“The narrator should sound like the Dude narrating LILILIL.”\u00a0<\/em>That concept I kept when rewriting the full novel, but odd that the inspiration struck in a stretch where the narrator is largely absent.)<\/p>\r\n

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Here they come. Walking down the street. Actually, down the block. And on the sidewalk, not the street. But that\u2019s somewhat inferred by the walking part. Or it can be. Down the block could mean walking or driving, biking or bussing. Busses drive, just with someone else doing it for you. Sort of like taxis. Or pedicabs. Horseback, anyone? Perhaps a boat. Merrily down the stream. Stream, street. It\u2019s all the same. Three gentlemen on parade, mimicking the ladies who inspired this jubilee\/jubalee\/potato\/tomato.<\/p>\r\n

There\u2019s a shop that\u2019s down the block. With sweet iced tea\u2014<\/p>\r\n

\u201cHey narrator. We\u2019ve got it from here. Back to stage directions only, ok?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI thought that guy would never stop.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThree iced teas, please.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cYou\u2019re rhyming again.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cNo, I\u2019m\u2014ok. That rhymed. I was being polite.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cSweet. On all three. Right boys?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThanks.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s that? Yeah. I can\u2019t believe how hot it\u2019s getting either.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAhhhh. This iced tea really hits the spot.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI think we need to apologize to the narrator.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cBecause nobody knows which of us are talking or what we\u2019re doing without his help.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cDon\u2019t look at me like that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cSee, they don\u2019t know who is talking or who is being talked about.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAlright. Are you there, narrator? I\u2019m sorry I snapped at you. Your non-sequiturs were better than our dialogue. Can you please come back now?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s coming back.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWithout him the audience can\u2019t tell how much time is passing. We waited for something like a full minute of silence between those lines.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt was forty-three seconds.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThanks, Mark.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI have an idea. We can be the narrator.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cHow can we be the narrator?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cLike this. Just end your sentences with words like \u2019said Benji.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI\u2019m not following.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cHere\u2019s how we\u2019re going to do it said Benji.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThat will let people know who’s talking, but the quotation marks make it difficult to read.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAhem\u2026\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAhem what?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cYou didn\u2019t narrate. Say it again.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cBut the quotation marks make it difficult to read said Frank.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a good point said Mark. Maybe add a pause?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cBut the quotation marks make it difficult to read. Said Frank. No, now the pacing feels wrong.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAt least there\u2019s context. It\u2019s all about context. Said Benji.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThis is a proofreader\u2019s worst nightmare. Said Frank.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cBad grammar is making it hard to count, said Mark.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cRight said Fred.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no Fred here. Said Frank.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI know. I just wanted to say that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cSaid Benji. Follow your own rules.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t said Benji for me said Benji. Only I can. Said Benji to Mark who was being annoying.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAt least you\u2019re getting the hang of this narration thing. You got eight words of description in there. Said Mark.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThey knew it was you when you counted the words, Count. Said Benji.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cStop calling me Count, said Mark.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cMaybe the way you answer the phone is more appropriate. Frank speaking.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAh. I like that. Benji speaking, how may I help you?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cFrank speaking. Isn\u2019t it time we continued onwards to the circus?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cMark speaking. First we need to pay for these three iced teas. You can help by paying the tab.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s my jubilee!\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cFrank speaking. It\u2019s our<\/em><\/span> jubilee. It started to cheer you up but we\u2019re all in this together. And I\u2019ve noticed when you get agitated you forget to identify yourself.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAt least it makes him spell jubilee right.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cNarration is hard work, man. We need that other guy back. And maybe it was the other guy who was spelling it wrong\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cHe\u2019ll catch up with us after we leave. Though he\u2019s not going to be in any rush if you keep talking about him like that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cFrank speaking. You forgot to\u2014\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cYeah, I\u2019m done pretending to narrate. I feel like we\u2019re playing Clue<\/i> again. Mr. Hughes, in the flower shop, with the fly trap.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cBut we\u2019re at the cafe getting iced tea now. And we didn’t buy the fly traps.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cFine. In the tea shop. With the telephone. Since we were talking like you do when you answer the phone.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI answer the phone by saying \u2018Hello.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt\u2019s polite to identify who you are.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAt work maybe. I don\u2019t have an office job. Phone rings. I answer. Or mostly I don\u2019t. If it\u2019s important they\u2019ll text me.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cLet\u2019s go to the circus. We\u2019ll take the check.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cFifty-six dollars! These iced teas cost more than the Venus fly traps!\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cYou need to start a budget to keep track of these things.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what L wants me to do.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cJubilees are expensive.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cStuff the jubilee.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the wrong song.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAnd the wrong band.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cSee\u2014that\u2019s why they need different spellings. Makes it less confusing.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all confusing without a narrator. Let\u2019s go find him.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhere do we start looking? He could be anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cC\u2019mon. He has to be somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cNo. He\u2019s omniscient. That means he’s everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cEverywhere? Like all over the universe? Even in space?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAnywhere and everywhere. Space. Time. Dimensions. That’s what omniscient means.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIf he was truly omniscient he’d still be here now. So you\u2019re wrong.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cUnless\u2026\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cUnless?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cUnless.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cUnless what?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhat if he died?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe need to call the cops somebody killed the narrator!\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cHere we go again. We already did that song. That’s why we were at the florist.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIs the DJ dead or not? What happened at that party?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt\u2019s complicated. The DJ died, but then we saved her.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cMaybe we need to go back to the florist to get a bouquet for the narrator.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cGuys. The narrator isn’t dead. He\u2019s just missing. Or mad at us. Or on strike.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cOr lost. Maybe he\u2019s just on a different page than we are.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThat narrator dude was definitely on a different page than us.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cNot a metaphorical different page. A literal one. We\u2019ll catch up to him on a future page\u2026or a past one.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cA past one? How would that work?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cJust flip back a few pages and see if the narrator is there.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cOf course he\u2019s there. He was narrating then.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cTrue. So go back a few pages and see if he says anything differently. Did anything change?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cHow will we know if something changed?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIs the narrator there? Are there continuity errors? Do character names change? Jubalee or jubilee? Stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe already did the time travel chapter.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhen did we have a time travel chapter? I don’t remember that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe actually had two time travel chapters. Maybe that\u2019s why you can\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t do a real time travel chapter because time travel isn\u2019t real.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe DJ isn\u2019t dead anymore. How\u2019d that happen if it wasn\u2019t time travel?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe dreams have to mean something more than just the fact that I watch too much stuff on TV.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt\u2019s called foreshadowing.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIf I had a time machine, I could take you anywhere\u2026\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe narrator didn\u2019t go back to the beginning of the book. You can skip ahead to find him if you really want to. But my vote is to let things play out in their natural order page by page until we catch up to him.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cSo what\u2019s our plan?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cLet\u2019s go to the circus. He\u2019s bound to turn up.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cJubalee, phase three.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cRhyming again\u2026\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cShut it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cFor 4 fours!\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhat did you just say?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t say it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t say it either.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt has numbers in it. Two numbers. Fess up, Mark.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t me. I wish it was, but it wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhat does it even mean?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cMaybe the narrator wrote it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIf the narrator wrote it he wouldn\u2019t quote it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cRhyming\u2026\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cShut it. But that\u2019s right. Things the narrator says aren\u2019t in quotation marks. Just dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe narrator doesn\u2019t write. He narrates. Don\u2019t confuse the narrator with the author.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cSometimes the narrator is also a character.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhat are you getting at?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cMaybe one of us is actually the narrator.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIf one of us were also the narrator, we\u2019d still be narrating and not going through this strange interlude without any description.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cTrue. Unless we wanted to disguise the fact that we were actually narrating.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cHmmm. It is a little coincidental that the narrator stopped narrating shortly after Frank started talking.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t the narrator.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cMaybe you can\u2019t be a character and a narrator at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhy can\u2019t you be anything that you want to be?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cNo real reason. I\u2019m just explaining the rules.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThere are no rules.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThere are more rules than you realize.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThis is our story. Vibe it. With or without narration. Let\u2019s go to the circus.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the most logical place for us to find the narrator.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhy? What\u2019s logical about the circus?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cEveryone runs away to join the circus.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThat\u2019s such a cliche.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cJust because it\u2019s a cliche doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not the most obvious possibility. Ever heard of Occam\u2019s razor?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cLove is a razor.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe did that one already too. Don\u2019t you know the track order?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Just then, the narrator returned. He spoke of himself in the third person since that\u2019s what he was. Though here he should be speaking of himself in the fourth person. He feels bad about his absence, but sometimes these things happen. It’s just the way it is.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWelcome back! I\u2019m sorry if we upset you.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Benji sounded remorseful enough, so the narrator accepted his apology. There was one catch though. Benji had to promise to never acknowledge his presence again. At least not for the duration of this story. And as for the tale to where the narrator had been all this time? That\u2019s a concept from another album for another book.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cI bet he was in the bathroom for five pages,\u201d whispered Mark. \u201cOr having a cigarette.\u201d He raised his voice towards the roofless sky. \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t smoke, narrator. It\u2019s bad for your passive voice.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Even though he hears everything, the narrator pretends not to hear that. But he extends the acknowledgment rule to apply to Mark also. Frank too.<\/p>\r\n

And with that, it\u2019s time to run away and join as the old adage goes. There\u2019s a circus in the town somewhere\u2026<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

Check out L Extreme<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n

Or for something on a similar meta wavelength, try “Debaser”<\/a> from Duty Calls<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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