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A man walks over to where his companion is sitting and takes a seat opposite him.

Adjusting his tie he speaks:

-I am proposing a new form of fiction. One that is entirely concept based.

Man 2 looks at him.

-Yes?

He replies

-Yes.

Man 1 continues.

-As a society haven't we moved beyond the base notions of cause and effect? Do we really require a character to have a revelation to get to the concepts underneath? Or any characterisation what so ever?

Man 2 again looks at Man 1.

-Hmmmmm

He replies.

Man 1

-Therefore, I propose that we merely present the concept itself. There will be no unecessary character devolopment, no tedious description but instead the short precise deriptions of pure idea.


CHOOSE YOUR OWN ENDING:

a)

Man 2 utters a small but audible sigh and then responds,

- But that's ridiculous. There;s a reason that stories develop the way they do. It's in our very nature to be interested in things that have a beginning, middle and end. It's how our memory works, what separates us from animals. In fact you must have heard the truism that there are only 7 basic stories.... etc. etc.

b)

Man 2 looks at Man 1 over his previously unmentioned glasses and replies,

Righto, But didn't Borges pretty much do that already? And B.S. Johnson spent his whole life railing against the novel.

c)

Man 2 gets up and says

-Bollocks.

and with that Man 2 exits the scene never to be seen again.