I’ve been a snail all this week, that’s all I can say. With this story, I had to settle on who the characters are. Yesterday the where-to-from-here became clear and I sat down to write my six lines when the doorbell rang. My visitor, a friend who likes to chat, stayed a couple of hours. So here’s my belated offering for the Six Word Story Challenge. The prompt word this week is SPARK.
Suspicious Sparks
“Great job getting rid of them before they did too much nosing around,” Jonathan said, stepping out of the hall closet. “So, how did you happen to show up here, Sonia — just when I needed you?”
“We’d set up a meeting with a shareholder for half an hour ago – a very important one – so when Herb didn’t show up I knew something was wrong and came to see what happened to him. “Now, what are you doing here and why Herb was out cold with a bruise on his face,” she demanded, glaring at him.
“The CEO ordered me to find out where his wife, Janice, is hiding; she’s gone and he was sure Herb would know where. Mr Zenzig thought he saw a spark flash between her and Herb one day and suspected they were meeting privately, so he sent me to nose around, see if she was here — in the course of our discussion Herb happened to trip and hit his head on the edge of the coffee table.”
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Suspicious all the way around, if you ask me. You’ve set up a mystery.
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Thank you. I wonder how long I can go o before I’ve painted my characters into a corner. 😉
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The best thing for Janice to do is come out of hiding and admit she isn’t interested in Herb (or Jonathan).
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Thanks for your comment. People hide when they have something to fear. But I suspect she’s gone in another direction and knows nothing of the threat to Herb. 🙂
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The edge of the coffee table…second more used excuse after I am going for a pack of cigarettes!
I trust we will see further developments, yes? Nicely written.
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Thank you. I probably will go on, but it will be a slow play-out if I keep to the six-sentence plan. 🙂
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Being a newcomer, it seems I am in the middle of an ongoing saga, I will have to catch up sometime. “Herb, HAPPENED, to trip”. Hmmmmmm.
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Believe it or not. 😉
Thanks for reading my little piece. Here’s the opening scene: https://christinegoodnough.com/2022/09/08/the-coming-storm-part-1/
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Hit his head on the edge of the coffee table? You’ve left me wondering once again!
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Glad to hear it. Thanks for following my shady tale.
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Want a weird comment?
Some Sixes require the Reader to simply comment. Your Six, (this week), got me spending as much time reading (and thinking about) the comments of the Sixarians*.
Example: your Reply to Mimi’s comment. The thing about “…before I’ve painted my characters into a corner.”
(I love the discussion about the craft as much as the plot of a story)
I used to actually state (in my own blog) that one approach (to writing a post) was to create a situation that was problematical and then ‘write my way out of it’.
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excellent Six!
(Especially the using a situation in ‘real’ life, (the visiting friend mentioned in your intro), and using it as a launching pad for a Six.
Out hostinae, Denise, is a master of that particular writing strategy.
*quasi real term for those who insist on participating every week in this bloghop. Fair warning, there is a subset of writers who take this concept of community to the next metaphorical level, i.e. the Six Sentence Café & Bistro. This being an imaginary, but enduring, place in the virtual world. Just ask Nick.)
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Thanks for your comment. Yes, we can get our MC into a problem–but then getting him out again and having the whole tale hang together is the challenge.
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This is rather suspicious. Not that it could not be true, of course… however….
Well done!
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