Why Austin Girl Listed Soul for Sale on Ebay
Due diligence and character research for my screenplay rewrite.
As a writer, I owed my heroine deeper insight and character development. It was imperative that I capture the true essence of the entire eBay process. There were three phases:
1. Listing my soul on the popular auction Website;
2. Receiving emails/queries (zillions BTW) I'm still sifting through them all. Folks are still emailing me through eBay, MySpace, Facebook, Austingirlblog and my personal email;
3. Getting bid(s). I received one bid of $1000 until eBay removed the ad due to violation of their rules and regulations. 'Souls are not for sale.' Ebay sent me an email: Soul was 'Unsold.'
Up until two days ago, I had been struggling to imagine the true experience. What emotions would my heroine feel and at what precise stage would she feel them? How would she handle the correspondence? Would she want to runaway? If so, where? And, with whom?
Emotions: Excitement. Anxiety. Guilt. Regret. Fear. A fear that when I actually received a bid on my soul, I would not be able to back out of auction. I had never felt so scared in all my life. And, the emails. OMG! Wow! I will never forget the overwhelming outpour of concern, curiosity and love for my soul – a stranger’s soul. I truly did not expect to read such thought-provoking and heart-warming emails, some as far away as Paris and Russia. Some made me cry while others made me laugh. One was hateful while others were proposals. One sweet gentleman said he would take me hiking in Peru just as soon as he got his hip replacement.
I live in a wonderful country surrounded by beautiful people who have incredibly lovely souls. Thank you for showing your love and concern for a complete stranger.
And, no I would never sell my soul or my nostalgic Magic Eight Ball. Both are priceless.
-- Austin Girl
As a writer, I owed my heroine deeper insight and character development. It was imperative that I capture the true essence of the entire eBay process. There were three phases:
1. Listing my soul on the popular auction Website;
2. Receiving emails/queries (zillions BTW) I'm still sifting through them all. Folks are still emailing me through eBay, MySpace, Facebook, Austingirlblog and my personal email;
3. Getting bid(s). I received one bid of $1000 until eBay removed the ad due to violation of their rules and regulations. 'Souls are not for sale.' Ebay sent me an email: Soul was 'Unsold.'
Up until two days ago, I had been struggling to imagine the true experience. What emotions would my heroine feel and at what precise stage would she feel them? How would she handle the correspondence? Would she want to runaway? If so, where? And, with whom?
Emotions: Excitement. Anxiety. Guilt. Regret. Fear. A fear that when I actually received a bid on my soul, I would not be able to back out of auction. I had never felt so scared in all my life. And, the emails. OMG! Wow! I will never forget the overwhelming outpour of concern, curiosity and love for my soul – a stranger’s soul. I truly did not expect to read such thought-provoking and heart-warming emails, some as far away as Paris and Russia. Some made me cry while others made me laugh. One was hateful while others were proposals. One sweet gentleman said he would take me hiking in Peru just as soon as he got his hip replacement.
I live in a wonderful country surrounded by beautiful people who have incredibly lovely souls. Thank you for showing your love and concern for a complete stranger.
And, no I would never sell my soul or my nostalgic Magic Eight Ball. Both are priceless.
-- Austin Girl
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