Sunday, June 12, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday

From my work in progress Locations of the Heart:


Minnie opened her mouth to say ‘Welcome to the Lilac Bower,’ but stopped before she made it to the second syllable, clapped her mouth shut and slammed the door. The slam wasn’t loud enough. Nor did it rattle the plastic skeleton hanging on the back of the door.  She was tempted to open it and really give it a good swing, but that would mean setting eyes on a man she didn’t care to ever see again. Five decades hadn’t been long enough.

The doorbell rang again, and Minnie wondered if she could disconnect it. Desperate times called for desperate measures. 


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Six Sentence Sunday

21 comments:

  1. Great six! I can relate to wanting to open the door and slam it again. :)

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  2. Sometimes a slam needs to be louder. I can relate.

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  3. Usually when I slam a door hard, it bounces back at me. :-)

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  4. Great six. Love her emotion and the contemplation of the doorbell.

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  5. Ohhhh how I relate...there have been many times I've wished for a redo on the door slam...
    Lyncee

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  6. Super Six, Joselyn! I want to know about the five decades. That's a long time to be annoyed at a man.

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  7. So I've done this before!!!! Nice job! I would have slammed the door again for effect 'cause I'm bratty!

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  8. disconnecting a doorbell - bravo! very unique.

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  9. Five decades. Wow. That's some bad impression he made on her!

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  10. @Jean - hopefully, you'll get to read it, if I ever get it finished. :-) That's a lot of backstory to work with.

    And she doesn't even know why he's dropped by...

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  11. I'm all for slamming the door! Great six.

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  12. can so relate to the door slam, I have often had moments where I've wished I could have done it louder. Great six, thank you.

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  13. Ooh, would love to know what exactly the man did to warrant that reaction! Great snippet.

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