It’s just six sentences. How hard could it be? Hard enough, maybe because a word like ‘point’ can lead off in so many directions. I bring nothing fresh, but have six sentences left over from the last prompt I responded to, entitled “Cool Types”. Thanks Denise for the prompt. Click over to GirlieOntheEdge to read more and link your own Six Sentence Story that includes the word “point”.
Come by tomorrow for Denise’s interview here at ShiftnShake.
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Jimmy always said crying wasn’t cool but I’d seen him cry once when he hammered his own thumb but his cursing made up for it and then we both got to cursing and laughing so hard we both had tears.
I saw Jimmy cry another time too, over his dad, and I think it must have been worse for Jimmy losing his dad than me losing my mom, actually, because I’ve always known she can’t ever come back, but all Jimmy knew was that his dad didn’t come back.
Not until Jimmy’s funeral anyway.
I always figured it was okay for Jimmy to cry now and again over that and my dad says there’s a big difference between crying and being a crybaby.
That’s a tough point to make to the guys in the cafeteria though, but Jamie seemed real interested in all this and for the first time since that awful day at the quarry I heard myself talking. I couldn’t talk to Jimmy anymore but I could tell my new friend about him.
This turned out very well.
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Thanks, Robbie. I do like this character and am starting to know more about his new friend.
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damn!*
“…I’ve always known she can’t ever come back, but all Jimmy knew was that his dad didn’t come back.”
man! what an excellent line.
* compliment on letting us come to know character’s inner qualities without resorting to a list, total show rather than tell (a skill with the words and such that I totally need to acquire…)
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Yeah, our impulsive Jimmy had some baggage. Poor kid.
Thanks for the kind words.
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I love this story. But….what is our protagonist’s name?! It appears he and Jamie “are on the verge of a beautiful friendship” 🙂
Fantastic 6.
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They are, there’s more to be written. I have no idea what his name is. Do you? I thought it was Jamie but come to find out that’s a whole other person and a girl at that.
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Hm… I’ll let you know when I find out 😀
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It sounds like Jimmy’s pal is on his way to healing. We never get over the big losses, the pain just gets easier to live with, and new friends help.
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Yes, he’s going to be okay.
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Alas, poor Jimmy! Good second six!
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Thanks.
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I can’t wait to hear more about these new found friend’s adventures!
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I am working on it!
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There’s another installment:
https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/2019/04/19/styling/
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Oh sweet!
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I love this story to be continued.
“a big difference between crying and being a crybaby” – wise words from Dad
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Hi Pat. Guess what? I just posted something for Carrot Ranch called Styling. Continued!
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I’m with Pat – I like the phrase “a big difference between crying and being a crybaby.” I’ve only seen my dad cry three times in my 58 years – when my grandma died (his mother in law), when I got married, and when my mom died.
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Men would be healthier if they allowed crying. But none of us could stand having them be waterworks.
This boy and his dad have had some reasons to cry.
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