Slack-style breakup text story: Offboarding a relationship
A ready Slack-style chat for a breakup, eight messages long and about 32 seconds as a video. Load it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The script: Offboarding a relationship
Rhea begins this breakup with "Quick sync: I think we are ending this.". After eight messages, Joss has the final word, "Deal. I will miss the plants.". Expect about 32 seconds on screen.
Message 4 is the longest at 12 words ("You have a way of making hard news sound like a stand-up."); message 6 is the shortest ("Fine. Action items?"). Two lines ask a question, so the other person keeps answering.
How the Slack look carries the story
Slack-style chats are rows rather than bubbles: a square avatar, a bold name, a small time and the message text underneath, with emoji reactions as chips below. Extras in this look: typing dots, reactions and an online status; missing: read marks. This look starts at the Standard plan, which is worth knowing before you plan a batch of stories. ChatsRat draws this look with its shared layout, so use the page as a style guide and keep any workplace in the story invented. This look uses ChatsRat's shared layout, so treat it as a style guide.
Writing notes: breakup
Let one person write longer and the other answer in one word. The imbalance shows who has already left the relationship without a single narrator line. Avoid insults and avoid any real-sounding names or places. The story is fiction about two invented adults, and the caption should say so.
What the Free plan shows
On a Free account you see four messages of Offboarding a relationship, ending at "You have a way of making hard news sound like a stand-up.". To get to "Deal. I will miss the plants.", four messages later, upgrade to a paid plan.
Tips
- Pause on Rhea's "It helps me say it." before moving on to the next bubble.
- Let the opening "Quick sync: I think we are ending this." breathe so a late scroller still knows who is talking.
- Make the ending your own by editing "Deal. I will miss the plants."; add "fictional chat" to the caption.
- Try two new names in place of Rhea and Joss, then read the story out loud once.
- Check that "Is this a joke?" lands in under two seconds of reading time.
Questions
Can I use Offboarding a relationship on the Free plan?
The Slack look needs the Standard plan or above, so a Free account cannot open it. The Plans page lists what each plan includes, and the Free plan shows the first four messages of a free look.
How long is Offboarding a relationship as a video?
About 32 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting eight messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card and a little more if you use a typing indicator before the last line.
How many messages does a good breakup story need?
Six to nine is enough: a calm opening, the turn, one or two exchanges of hurt and a closing line. More than ten usually slows the pace on a short video.
Is this Slack-style chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented story between Rhea and Joss, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Slack, and the name describes a style only. Label the video as fiction.
This is fiction. The people and events in this story are invented. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
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