I’d like to welcome Mike–an aspiring comedy writer that I met in the Chicago area. He penned a piece for Freelance-Zone readers that we are going to share with you here today…enjoy!    -Catherine

“Only when you accept that it is fake can you know that it is real.”

In a world immersed in reality TV, I find myself a cynic. And maybe 23 is too young to declare myself a cynic, but here I stand: cynical.

Is cynical the right word? Skeptical? What’s the right word for someone who thinks everyone is full of it? Irish Catholic? Yeah, we’ll go with that.

Perhaps it’s because I surrounded my high school self with the most dramatic of high school groups–drama club. Or maybe it’s because I’m so over reality TV as of Real World: San Diego. Whatever the reason, I have a hard time trusting people. Can you blame me?

People are performers at heart, driven by motive. When we want things from someone we naturally do what we can do to get it. Guys feign interest in a girl’s story when trying to score at a bar. Babies! Babies know they can get their bottle if they just cry a little. It’s friggin’ primal, man! It’s hard to cut through the superficial surface of a person to get to their pure, true feelings. How can you know if you’re getting the real deal?

If they are not real. Continue reading Why I Prefer Characters To Real People… →