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1、MEGCABOTPrincessONTHEBRINKTHEPRINCESSDIARIES,VOLUMEVIIIForAbby,withloveandthanks“Isuppose”—toSara—“thatyoufeelnowthatyouareaprincessagain.”“Itriednottobeanythingelse,”sheansweredinalowvoice.“EvenwhenIwascoldestandhungriest.Itriednottobe.”ALITTLEPRINCESSFrancesHodgsonBurn
2、ettCONTENTSEPIGRAPHBEGINREADINGACKNOWLEDGMENTSABOUTTHEAUTHOROTHERBOOKSBYMEGCABOTCREDITSCOPYRIGHTABOUTTHEPUBLISHERME,APRINCESS????YEAH,RIGHT.AScreenplaybyMiaThermopolis(firstdraft)Scene12INT/DAY—ThePalmCourtatthePlazaHotelinNewYorkCity.Aflat-chestedgirlwithupside-down-yie
3、ld-sign-shapedhair(fourteen-year-oldMIATHERMOPOLIS)issittingatanornatelysettableacrossfromabaldman(herfather,PRINCEPHILLIPE).WecantellbyMIA’sexpressionthatherfatheristellinghersomethingupsetting.PRINCEPHILLIPEYou’renotMiaThermopolisanymore,honey.MIA(blinkingwithastonishm
4、ent)I’mnot?ThenwhoamI?PRINCEPHILLIPEYou’reAmeliaMignonetteGrimaldiThermopolisRenaldo,PrincessofGenovia.Tuesday,September7,IntrotoCreativeWritingOh,shehasGOTtobekidding.Describearoom?Thatisourfirstassignment?DESCRIBEAROOM?DoesshehaveanyideahowlongI’vebeendescribingroomscr
5、eatively?Imean,I’vedescribedroomsinSPACE—forinstance,inmyBattlestarGalacticafanficaboutStarbuckandApollofinallyDoingIt.YouknowwhatIcan’tbelieve?Ican’tbelieveshestuckmeinIntrotoCreativeWriting.IshouldbeinIntermediateatleast.Imean,withmypracticePSATscores—which,okay,wereab
6、outaslowastheycouldbeinmath,butwereGREATinverbal—Ishouldhavetestedintoit.Andokay,theSATsdon’tmeasurecreativity(unlesswe’resupposedtobelievethatthosepeoplegradingtheessaypartreallyreadthem).ButmyverbalscorealoneshouldprovethatI’mcapableofdescribingaROOM.Doesn’tsheknowI’ve
7、movedonfromdescribingrooms—andevenfromwritingnovels—towritingwholescreenplays?BecauseLillyistotallyright,there’snootherwayI’mevergoingtogetatruerepresentationofthestoryofmylifeontothesilverscreenunlessIwriteitmyself.AndLillydirectsit.Iknowit’sgoingtobetrickyfindingfinanc
8、ingandall,butJ.P.saidhe’dhelp.AndheknowsTONSofpeopleinHollywood.Justtheotherdayheandhisparentshaddinner
