Unfiltered by Sophie White

Author:Sophie White [White, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC027020, FIC016000, FIC044000, FA
ISBN: 9781529343410
Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland
Published: 2020-06-17T18:30:00+00:00

After an infinitely more successful second go at the ashes-scattering in the sea in front of her parents’ house, Ali retreated to her old bedroom to work on the show – working title: My So-Called Best Life.

She’d been struggling to decide whether it needed to be more like a piece of stand-up comedy or something closer to theatre. Currently the script was straight up storytelling but standing on the Abbey stage that morning had clarified things for her. Instagram was a virtual stage and the people who used it to tell a story about their lives were the actors and the directors. But it was more complex than that. It wasn’t a one-way interaction. It was an exchange. The audience could influence the influencers.

She scribbled notes on the copybook she’d found among her old college notes.

In a way, Ali realised, the audience influences the influencer way bloody more than anything. From the moment I started getting likes and followers, it started to direct my actions. I started tailoring my life to what I knew or guessed these people would want.

She sat back. This was worth exploring.

What if the show was part stand up, part choose your own adventure? Only the audience gets to choose. Just like on Instagram.

She leaned forward and wrote ‘interactive?’ at the top of a fresh page. Below she added, ‘Would people think I’m trying to blame my followers for the Insta-baby mess?’

She contemplated this.

Maybe I could have other characters who are also me who could show the internal struggle? Like Rational Ali and … she clicked her fingers searching for a good name …

Low Self-Esteem Ali? The Validation Whore?

She doubted Terry – or anyone else for that matter – would go for ‘whore’.

Wait, wait … Thirsty Ali.

She grinned. Perfect.

She could pre-record the characters of Rational Ali and Thirsty Ali and play them as audio or even project them. And use them almost like a chorus. In the Greek tragedies, the chorus often provided commentary on the action. Plus, it would give a sense of populating the world of the play.

She checked the calendar on her phone and emailed Terry – subject line: ‘So-Called Best Life epiphany!!!!’ – to arrange their next meeting.

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