The Acting Class
by D.C. Bell
155 pages· 2014
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A TWISTED NEW ADULT ROMANCE in SIX parts. RATING: E for EXTREME.
ADDITIONAL WARNING: Author's note--technically RATED 18+ for epic emotional mayhem, blasphemy, anatomical accuracy, and calculated destruction of cultural icons. This story is entirely unsuitable for anybody who thinks the entertainment industry is a cotton-candy giggle-fest full of blushing ingenues, air kisses from Clooney, and plum-colored joy. The Biz is a freaking street fight on acid. If you continue reading, your motivation might be equal parts fascination, outrage, and dread. But don't worry--just like I don't dance barefoot on broken glass, I don't do tragedy. I just do raw. Class is starting, entrance below:
"The Acting Class."
The fastest and most certain way to super-stardom for a young model/actor.In spite of ruthless non-disclosure agreements, all kinds of rumors and speculation have leaked: like, all the actors and actresses who survive the cut make over five million their first year. They have sex on stage, while they perform. There have been three nervous breakdowns, and at least one suicide.
This class is one of the great secrets of our age.
The Acting Class is hell.
But if you survive it?
Heaven.
Fame.
Fortune.
The impossible: a career.
My name is Sherri Dawn Ferrell.
That's me: motivated white trash.
Good bones.
Minimal cleavage.
Maximum attitude.
"Keep it smooth," my mother used to say.
No, Mom. I'm not going to keep it smooth.
I'm going to chisel and cut and burn and scream.
Scream until my lungs rip, glass shatters, birds take flight.
I'm going to crouch in the dark and stab for the groin.
F--k keeping it smooth and dead-eyed parents.
I'm going to survive The Acting Class.
I'm going to grab for this most distant of stars.
And if I ever manage to reach it?
I'm going to squeeze it until my hands bleed.
And guess what?
I'm going to take the man I love with me.
And he's going to take me?
With him.
And this is how we're going to do it--
ADDITIONAL WARNING: Author's note--technically RATED 18+ for epic emotional mayhem, blasphemy, anatomical accuracy, and calculated destruction of cultural icons. This story is entirely unsuitable for anybody who thinks the entertainment industry is a cotton-candy giggle-fest full of blushing ingenues, air kisses from Clooney, and plum-colored joy. The Biz is a freaking street fight on acid. If you continue reading, your motivation might be equal parts fascination, outrage, and dread. But don't worry--just like I don't dance barefoot on broken glass, I don't do tragedy. I just do raw. Class is starting, entrance below:
"The Acting Class."
The fastest and most certain way to super-stardom for a young model/actor.In spite of ruthless non-disclosure agreements, all kinds of rumors and speculation have leaked: like, all the actors and actresses who survive the cut make over five million their first year. They have sex on stage, while they perform. There have been three nervous breakdowns, and at least one suicide.
This class is one of the great secrets of our age.
The Acting Class is hell.
But if you survive it?
Heaven.
Fame.
Fortune.
The impossible: a career.
My name is Sherri Dawn Ferrell.
That's me: motivated white trash.
Good bones.
Minimal cleavage.
Maximum attitude.
"Keep it smooth," my mother used to say.
No, Mom. I'm not going to keep it smooth.
I'm going to chisel and cut and burn and scream.
Scream until my lungs rip, glass shatters, birds take flight.
I'm going to crouch in the dark and stab for the groin.
F--k keeping it smooth and dead-eyed parents.
I'm going to survive The Acting Class.
I'm going to grab for this most distant of stars.
And if I ever manage to reach it?
I'm going to squeeze it until my hands bleed.
And guess what?
I'm going to take the man I love with me.
And he's going to take me?
With him.
And this is how we're going to do it--
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