Dad looked surprised when I said I’d be bringing a friend home after school, but didn’t ask any questions, just grunted and nodded. Permission granted. Same as when I’d tell him I was going to Jimmy’s, or Jimmy’d be sleeping over. Or me and Jimmy’d be up at the quarries.
Dad looked even more surprised when he met Jamie, this sparkling green-eyed girl in bright mismatched clothes. Jimmy had always been a light in our gray lives, a flash of lightning, a comet, but Jamie was a splash of colors rich and deep, colors new to both of us.
The Carrot Ranch June 6, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that makes a big splash. It can be fluid, or you can play with the idiom (to make a big splash is to do or say something that becomes unforgettable). Go where the prompt leads!
Perhaps you recognize Augie who has been around for a few Ranch and Six Sentence Story prompts, most recently the April 19 challenge.
There is more to this story, but that’s the 99 word installment for now.
I love these 99 word challenges, such gun to do…
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Yes they are very fun and a great writing exercise.
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thanks!
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It’s nice to see Jamie is still hanging around. I look forward to spending more time with her.
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Yep, there’s a story emerging, life after Jimmy. Who knew? Not me but I write it as it comrs. Thanks for coming along.
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My pleasure. 🙂
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Love the colors. 🙂
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Thanks. Glad you noticed that.
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There’s definitely more to this story! You have such a good way of telling a common story, and then making it spectacular, as if your writing were the splash of colors rich and deep.
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Well, I’m not so sure about all that, but there is definitely more to this story. Someday.
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