End Game RP: Stand Tall

[Danger10]

Fall down seven times, stand up eight - Japanese Proverb



It's a nice sunny day with a slight breeze to keep the weather from being so hot.

I came to visit my mother's grave, it's been too long since I've last been out here.

I brought Grady along because she was like a 2nd mother to him as well.

Grady was respectful enough to give me time alone and have a little privacy.

"I'm sorry I haven't visited in a while mom," I start my one sided conversation.

"I've been really busy. I'm a professional wrestler now," I let out a little laugh as the words roll off my tongue.

"Yeah, me, you're baby boy, who would've thought," I smile, picturing my mother's face.

"I promise I'm gonna come more often and bring you some flowers," I say full of guilt over my prolonged absence.

I don't say too much over the next few minutes, just sit in silence and reflect on memories I have with her.

I hear footsteps approaching, I know Grady is now ready to join me.

"She was always so nice to me," he says as he approaches.

"I miss her so much," I say fighting back tears.

"You and me both," Grady adds.

"I wish she could see me now..." I trail off, trying to regain my composure.

"She was always proud of you," he says patting me on my back.

"It kills me knowing when I have kids, they won't get to know their grandma," I can't help the tears at this point.

"No they won't, but they'll have one hell of a dad," he's attempting to cheer me up "I hope you realize that."

"Thanks Grady, I appreciate you being here with me today," I tell him.

"You don't have to thank me, champ." He says,"I loved her too."

"Yeah, well either way, I needed somebody by my side with everything that's been going on," I assure him of my appreciation.

"We better get going, I gotta get to work," he says as he leaves me to say goodbye.



Later In The Day

I hate hospitals. Always have, always will.

I never liked them to begin with, and then when I lost my mom that just made everything worse. I hate everything about them. But I got to be here for Sean. He changed my life for the better, it's the least I can do to be by his side.

If he wasn't in this coma, he'd be by my side at End Game when I finally go toe to toe with Thornstowe. But I'm used to this adversity, adversity strengthens the strong and weakens the weak. A heart unbroken hasn't lived.

After this morning with Grady at my mom's grave I realized that there's nothing I can't overcome. You can knock me down but you wont knock me out. In my life I've faced poverty, grief and bullying, just to name a few, and couldn't none of that keep me down. I'll be damned if I stay down now!

No matter how many times life knocks me down, I will get back up, stand tall and dust myself off. I will not let anything stop me or get in the way of my success. I do it for my mother resting in heaven and I do it for the kids sitting in the crowd cheering me on. They mean the world to me and I feel like it is my responsibility to set a good example for all of them cheering me on.
I've never been more ready than anything in my life and at End Game, I'm gonna leave it in the ring.

Time to be the hero that I never had.

[Danger10]

I wanted to do more with this RP, but about half way through I got stuck.

[Drakz]

So you've had a feud that's been running for a few shows now and yet I'd hardly know it if I just read this RP with no former knowledge of the situation.

One thing to always remember is that the match itself should always come first. This was more of a soap opera piece with just a little bit of lip service to Shapiro the wrestler. That's something to really focus on man because as it stands this could have been a piece of writing for just about anything.

[Rated R]

Yeah Drakz hit the nail on the head right there, there's absolutely minimal lip service to your opponent which is even worse given that this is a feud that's actually had some build. For me this is what you call a nothing piece, it didn't do much for the character in his own life or in the fed and it didn't really link to the WFWF enough to make it relevant. We all know you're capable of putting out better writing and hopefully you'll be able to find the spark in your next piece to do a bit more.

[jdfranchise]

Trace and Drakz pretty well nailed my talking points man. Even at the very least, you should always try to give your opponent some lip service. That's why you'll see when guys get in a pinch, they'll go with a monologue. Now I think you predominantly writing scenes is a good thing but if you're wanting to go that route you need to make sure you're maximizing the time so you can do the story justice. This match had some in show build and I think you missed an opportunity here. Might I suggest that if you have a smartphone downloading a notepad application? A lot of guys in the fed are adopting this route, (Brennan and myself are most notable because of being parents) and it can really help you get ideas down when you have those pockets of time. Hope to see you continue to work and improve because you've got potential dude.

[Deleted]

Everyone has said what could be, I think. We all know you're a good writer, I don't think this was your best case of it. It was well written I must say, cleanly written grammar and format wise, so props for that. This really didn't feel like a PPV RP since Axel was really not even touched on outside of a passing mention which is something probably a part of the writer's block you mentioned so I understand. That last line though was a solid capper at least. Keep working at it.