http://slow.writerscafe.org/mitchellm8228 The original writings of author Mike Mitchell en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776032328 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15  When I was younger, maybe about 19, or so, I knew a girl. A young woman that was a year or two older than I was. She wasn’t breathtakingly gorgeous, ans she wasn't ugly. She was normal. She was easy to talk with, and she was my friend.      One nigh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/446831/  FADE IN:EXT: ROAD SIDE – NIGHT Burgis and Coug sit on the side of the road in complete silence. Coug stares ahead into space with a pair of dead eyes, as he cradles a piece of scrap metal in his arms, that we can only presume is from his, now destroyed, car. Burgis, though, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427342/  FADE IN:INT: JACK’S ROOM – NIGHT Jack and Maggie are laying on the bed, but this time Maggie has her back against the headboard with her arms around Jack, who lying on her stomach. The room is dark except for the soft glow of Christmas lights that surround Jack’s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427339/  FADE IN:INT: GRACIE’S ROOM – NIGHT Gracie sits in her room, at the baseboard of her bed, alone. Her hair and make-up are done, and she’s dressed in the outfit she was going to wear to the party. She is very drunk. Her phone begins to ring, and she clumsily search.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427338/  FADE IN:EXT: PARKING LOT – NIGHT Burgis and Coug sit against the side of the car, in complete silence. Burgis appears to be sleeping, and Coug is doing nothing but listening to the sound of his own breathing. He goes to say something, but then stops himself, and just lolls h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427330/  FADE IN:EXT: JACK’S DORM – NIGHT We see Jack sitting on the stoop outside his dorm room alone, he’s wearing just a sweater to protect himself from the cold, and he has no shoes on. He takes a drag off of the cigarette in his hands, and then begins to cough violen.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427327/  FADE IN:INT: GRACIE’S CAR – LATE AFTERNOON We fade in on Gracie sitting in her car that is parked in the back of a liquor store. With small signs of worry on her face, she is looking behind her car. We hear the sound of cases of beer being loaded into her trunk. A.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427323/  FADE IN:EXT: PARKING LOT – AFTERNOON We see Burgis and Coug sitting on the back bumper of Coug’s car. It is still running. Both of them look extremely bored.  COUGHow long have we been here? BURGISDon’t know.  COUGWhat t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427320/  FADE IN:INT: JACK’S DORM ROOM – MID-AFTERNOON We see Maggie looking at herself in the mirror. She fixes her hair and looks at herself from a number of sides, angles, and positions. She becomes bored and starts making funny faces in the mirror: puffing her cheeks, disto.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427318/  FADE IN:INT: GRACIE’S BEDROOM - AFTERNOON Gracie is modeling her new clothes in front of her mirror. She gives a few goofy, cliché model poses to entertain herself. Her phone rings. Throughout the phone call, she is still modeling, but is less involved in it, and not .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427313/  FADE IN:EXT: PARKING LOT – AFTERNOON Burgis and Coug are sitting on the ground, against the side of the car. It is still running.  COUGF**k, I hate the winter BURGISYea. I wish Creston would get his a*s here, so we didn’t have to freeze .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427311/  FADE IN:INT: JACK’S DORM ROOM We see Jack and Maggie lying on Jack’s bed. They are facing each other, and holding hands. Their eyes are closed, and they look as if they are sleeping. MAGGIESo, where’s your better half? JACKUm... she... .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427305/  FADE IN:INT: GRACIE’S CAR – LATE MORNING We see GRACIE (17) on her phone. (NOTE: Every 4-period ellipse signifies a pause as she waits for the person on the other end of the conversation to respond.) GRACIE(excitedly greeting)Hey Sara, what’.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427184/  After the credits have run their course, the annoying chirp of an alarm clock starts. CUT TO:INT: BURGIS’ ROOM - MORNING CU of an alarm clock showing the time as 8:57 a.m. We see BURGIS’ (18) groggy hand hit the snooze button.  A wide shot shows .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427183/  BLACK. JACK (VO)Would you put the window up – It’s freezing. CUT TO:INT: JACK’S CAR – MORNING We see JACK and MAGGIE driving through Anywhere-town, USA. It is WINTER and both are dressed accordingly. The passenger window is down. Jack (1.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427180/ A screenplay that I wrote. Presented here in chapter form, b/c it's easier to read that way. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/427177/ A Finnegans Wake inspired piece. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/335392/ Lies. Manipulation. Revenge. Sex. All the components of any normal freshman year of college. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/317401/ A very short piece about Kaspar Hauser. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313894/ Not so much a story as it is a funny little blurp. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313356/ �Ultimately, I know- we all know nothing.� -Bickford Schmeckler http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313333/ A low-budget slasher film I wrote for an ex-friend of mine. The project eventually fell through, but I think that I'd like to come back to it someday. It's basically an homage to Psycho, Zodiac, and The Last Broadcast. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313320/  The Christmas Eve Party is always held at my house.  Every Christmas Eve morning, my house turns into a frantic mess of straightening, cleaning, and shining.  It looks like that montage from Revenge of the Nerds, every Christmas Eve.  Eight hours worth of work destroyed in a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313314/        "Hello, Sidney." I said walking into the hallway.  Sidney was standing in the same hallway looking away from me, out into the gym, watching the band that was playing.  She jumped when I said her name, then she turned to me and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313313/        "Suck my knob police woman."  My friends were hysterical.  I was in the middle of a very long joke about Robert Evans that I had memorized.  It was the last period before Christmas vacation.  My English teache.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313312/        The actors milled about the stage, most of them not really knowing their cues or lines.  They got ready for the big number of the show.  A soundtrack going right along with their dance so they could try and get it right.  They wouldn't.I sat .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313310/        "Page to the Reference Desk."        I suddenly woke up sitting at a desk, in the library, in a daze.  James Joyce’s Ulysses was open in front of me.  I had always wanted to read it, but every time it was o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313308/ �Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.� -Oscar Wilde http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313307/ A novel I've been working on (and off) for about 3 years. It's not finished yet; this is only the first third of it. So far it's about a kid in high school, who's just broken up with his girlfriend. I hope it's not as lame as it sounds. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313305/ The confessions of a best-selling author. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313078/ The title explains it all.....(a companion to February 29th) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313076/ Old lovers find each other in Paris for a long, overdue tryst... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313075/  “If there is, in fact, a Heaven and a Hell, all we know for sure is that Hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Phoenix.” -Hunter S. Thompson You’d be surprised how easy it is to kill someone.-    Ding! – Lobby.In an elevator no .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mitchellm8228/313074/