a story about 13 things that make a good story

try to REMEMBER a
SHORT man with black EYES and a spotted bow tie.
He walks into A PUB and a makes funny face.
A STRANGE EXPRESSION that he REPEATS again and again until it’s so BORING, people are laughing and dropping their pints.

He disappears. SILENCE. Then, with very GOOD TIMING, he reappears. We can suddenly see EVERY DETAIL - the threads loose in his bowtie, the stained hanky in his top pocket, the little slick of grease sliding through his hair like a wet duck.

AFTERWARDS, we FORGET NEARLY EVERYTHING. The only thing we can remember is his black eyes and his spotted bow tie. And that’s WHAT THE STORY WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.