Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
Good afternoon. Where, I say, where did the morning hours go? Granted, my “morning” wound up being shorter than it might have been had I not decided I needed more sleep. Bad move, lol As to how little is too little, how much is too much when it comes to sleep is up to our own selves to determine. Here? At the Six Sentence Story Blog Hop, we don’t have to make that decision. Pressure’s off because at Six Sentence Stories, we are given the requite number of sentences to use in a story, scene, poem or soc. That number? 6. Exactly 6 sentences are the passport to fiction, drama, mystery, humor, winsome musings and self-reflection. Speaking of! Rumor has it Clark and Tom are winding up their series, “…of Heroes and the Misunderstood” and further rumor rumblings are that some of the characters might be showing up at the Six Sentence Café and Bistro. In need of directions, talk to Clark, he’ll give you the lowdown. Have a most excellent week…and write!

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers.

PROMPT WORD: DOUBLE

“Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.”
– Khaled Hosseini

Den Parents of the Dead. A Lunch Girl 6.

“How in the world did you convince the old timers to vote for the name change, Maureen – you know it went against every ghost grain in their bodies, right?”

“Come on Angus – how many decades have we been married, that you don’t know me by now?!”

A visitor walking towards the two, crossing rows 13 through 15 of the historic cemetery, turned in their direction as if startled but passed without noticing Angus and Maureen, the latter’s laugh, in life and the hereafter, was that formidable.

It was official, “Cemetery of Survivors” was the new, albeit unofficial name voted on by those who claimed the gently rolling land nestled among a flourish of fir trees and oak, holly berry and forsythia, azaleas and lilac at the corner of Main and North as their final resting place; it turns out, a regular visitor has caught the eye of some of the residents.

Angus and Maureen MacDougall were among the oldest interred at the cemetery, a somewhat odd pair, yet given enough time spent with them it was apparent their souls ran deep with kindness and a sense of humor.

It was Angus who came up with the name “Lunch Girl” for the young woman who began spending her lunch hour walking among them, talking to their deceased brethren when the fancy struck her; it was Maureen who eventually organized the group that accompanied the young woman, she not aware of her lunch companions…yet.

It’s Thursday’s Six Sentence Story Link Up!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and another edition of Six Sentence Stories!
Without question, we have a multitude of quotes by writers about the origins of fiction. Witty, inspiring, humorous, there is one thing they do for us – remind us storytelling has been in existence since the dawn of man. In the tradition of tradition, the blog hop that is, Six Sentence Stories, carries on (this tradition of) storytelling each week a new hop begins. Precisely 6 sentences is the length of our stories. Oh, do not be mislead by this requisite and exact number of sentences. This is a venue for the sharing of our creative selves. And the use of “creative punctuation.” No, of course it doesn’t mean running down the page all crazy like. It simply means we may from time to time employ the generous use of the semi-colon, lol. That being said, the invitation is out! Come join in the storytelling and bring a Six and perhaps a few semi-colons. We’d love to read you.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link the URL to your post via the blue “Click here to enter” button below.
Link is live Wednesday 6:00 PM, ends way late Saturday night!
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers 😀

PROMPT WORD:  GRAIN

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https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef“Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.” – Gabriel García Márquez

Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
Don’t know why I used Mr. King’s quote today. Maybe the mood I’m in? Mood aside, it got me to thinking that yes, he makes a valid point- to write characters well, even the “bad” ones, we must first know them and be brutally honest about “who” they are. Are we willing and able to do that? Like any craft we pursue, writing requires practice. The more we practice the better we get technically, but what about character development? Holy smokers, both challenge and dare, because characters are sourced from our imaginations. Can’t get more personal than that, eh? Writing allows us to develop our technical chops and confidence. Six Sentence Stories allows us, in micro bursts, to develop both of these things. A mere, yet exact number of sentences whose number is 6. That is what we are tasked to write each week via story, poem or soc. Shall be we break out the mining apparatus? Hardhats are on us.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers.

PROMPT WORD:  GRAIN

“Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do– to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the street.”
– Stephen King

Lunch Girl Walks Again. It’s a 6.

A couple of characters successfully gained my attention earlier today. You may recall the protagonist from, “Lunch Girl”, my Six of April 11th.

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She loved her lunchtime walks in the cemetery. Spending her forty minutes enjoying the beauty of flowering azaleas, forsythia and daffodils in Spring, or in Autumn, the somber palette of trees in a deliberate, level slowing down from Summer. She often smiled on her return to work how funny it could be that in this place, among the dead, her creativity seemed to come to life.

“Excuse me, Miss, you dropped something”, the young woman turned to see a man not much older than herself; thanking him, she added, as almost an afterthought, “odd, I don’t recall hearing it drop out of my bag.”

“You’re a writer?”

The man’s eyes brightened when he heard the young woman reply “yes”; under his breath he intoned, “I loved to write when I was al -” catching himself, “when I was in school.”

It’s Thursday’s Six Sentence Story Link Up!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and another edition of Six Sentence Stories!
As I was winding up my post work walk yesterday, a thought drifted in through the side door. As evidence of  a “declining” real world continues, I was bolstered by the reassuring solidity and reliability of the virtual world. One of the most pleasant of constants in that world is Thursday’s Six Sentence Story Blog Hop where week after week writers gather from around the planet at the ‘Edge. Supplied with precisely 6 sentences harvested from the word garden that is our imagination, we settle in for a feast of stories, poetry, next scenes and prose. If you’re hungry or have a Six to serve up, doors open this evening at 6:00 p.m. Bon appétit!

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link the URL to your post via the blue “Click here to enter” button below.
Link is live Wednesday 6:00 PM, ends way late Saturday night!
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers 😀

PROMPT WORD:  LEVEL

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https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef“If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.” – Ernest Hemingway

Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
Beginning, middle, end. Storytelling in essence is simple, isn’t it. It is a thing we practice. There was a quote by Kafka I almost used for today (perhaps will use in Wednesday post) that kinda sorta speaks to writing – rather, the writing process. You and I have had discussions about our individual writing processes, what works, what doesn’t, what enhances it and what does not. Voice. How do we get to the place of our individual “voice”? We write and with each piece, lay another brick on the path towards building our “voice”. Exciting, frustrating, filled with revelation and reward, it is what we do. Six Sentence Stories is a blog hop, a platform, a very real venue for finding and sharing our voice by writing stories in exactly 6 sentences. “Simple not necessarily easy” is quoted often when describing writing a Six Sentence Story yet, at the conclusion of writing our Six, after we’ve linked our story for others to read, we have the unique satisfaction of knowing our voice just got a bit stronger. Join in the chorus this week?

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers.

PROMPT WORD:  LEVEL

“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” – Flannery O’Connor

Torn Seam. It’s a 6.

“I thought the zippers were designed to last virtually forever.”

Worry creasing his forehead as deeply as his linen trousers, the middle aged gentleman stared at the Tailor, “can you fix it?”

“All our suits are sewn from the finest materials – breathable and strong, with structure and drape to the individual customer’s body.”

The Tailor’s voice softened, “but occasionally there is need for slight alterations…do not worry.”

An immediate tonic to the worried man’s soul, he did as the Tailor instructed.

Disrobing, he stood in the center of the ultraviolet booth, slipped each arm securely into suspension sleeves until he felt a tingling of electric current and once elevated, he tilted his head, chin resting on his chest; feeling a pinprick, the Tailor cut into the base of his neck…”I found the zipper pull, we’re in business now, Mr. Emrys.”

It’s Thursday’s Six Sentence Story Link Up!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and another edition of Six Sentence Stories!
As to Mr. King’s assertion – writing, aside from the magic part, is free. Not, perhaps, from occasional bouts of frustration yet, at the end of the day, we know that frustration to be temporary. When we’ve completed our piece and concluded our final read through, that is the magic part. At Six Sentence Stories, our specialty is writing a piece of fiction, poetry, next scene or a bit of soc in exactly 6 sentences. Whether you drop in with a Six or stop by for a read and quick hello, we guarantee you will not leave thirsty.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link the URL to your post via the blue “Click here to enter” button below.
Link is live Wednesday 6:00 PM, ends way late Saturday night!
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers 😀

PROMPT WORD:  TONIC

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https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef“Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So, drink. Drink and be filled up.” – Stephen King

Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
Sometimes you just have to let go. All of us recognize those moments when, regardless of how much we like a particular piece of dialogue or scene, we suspect there’s potential for it to be better if  *gasp*, we simply cut it out of the storyline. Writing involves risk. How many times have we altered a storyline at the last minute after listening to a main or secondary character. Trust their guts, eh? Storytelling is not for those with weak constitutions, lol. Fortunate for us, we have a venue whereby any of the aforementioned discomfort is ultimately limited to a final piece written in exactly 6 sentences. Shall we let go this week? Allow a character or characters to write our story for us? Shall we sit back in our most comfortable chair and allow poetry to pour forth in a flash of automatic writing? Next scene? Easy peasy. We already have characters to do the writing for us! New week, new prompt word. Join us in writing a Six Sentence Story?

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers.

PROMPT WORD:  TONIC

“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” – Graham Greene