Sergeant Carroll’s eyes narrowed as he watched the pretty brunette retrieve her phone from the floor and gather her bags and chattels around her once more, before shaking her hair from her eyes and shouldering her way through the door of the Post Office Cafe. Her body language suggested a big, overblown greeting in the direction of the elderly proprietor, and he registered the way the blond man’s shoulders had tensed up.Β
Sergeant Kevin Carroll was proud of his perspicacity, which had saved many an investigation in his time working with DCI Lucas. The two of them made a formidable team, and when it came to open eyes ‘on the ground’, and shooting from the hip to pin coincidence to clue, he considered himself something of a quick-draw.
Photos taken and notes logged, he watched with interest as the brunette turned to face the man – Tom, who really shouldn’t still be hanging around the village each day, having been let off, and him knowing nothing of the situation – with what looked like very badly acted surprise. His list of possible reasons for her actions grew as her gestures got wilder and her face got redder, culminating in her throwing her hands in the air as Tom stood abruptly, aimed an unknown utterance atΒ Mrs McAlister and made a hurried escape from the building, letting the little blue-painted door slam behind him, its windows rattling in their frames.
This was a Six Sentence Stories post – the LAST which will be written by SSS cue alone (thanks Ivy, for this week’s ‘draw’), because HERE’S THE REAL-LIVE PLOT-TWIST! I want YOUR help to amp up the story and keep it going. I want more challenge, more speed, and MORE PROMPTS!
I’m gonna make a Whodunnit of EPIC Hercule-Poirot-ean proportions, and YOU are gonna help me.
Keep watching for the following meme, which will appear sometimes here in posts, sometimes on my blog’s Facebook page, and sometimes on my personal Facebook page. I’ll be looking for the first TWO people to comment with prompts which haven’t been used before, to help shape the next chapters of the story, which will be coming faster, at a rate of three a week. You WILL be credited for prompts.
LET’S DO THIS!
Here’s the most recent chapter – Ready to FIND OUT whodunnit – Β and you can back-track from there π
I’m reading through all of these now, and this is SO cool! Okay, so after this one, the prompts are based on words, like Hasty’s “strapped”?
What a fabulous idea! Each installment is six sentences, yes? You say a whole lot in six sentences. π
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After this one, I’m going to be mixing, and using the six sentence stories cue each week, as well as two from whoever pitches up and gets in on the call-out for new cues π
Each installment is six sentences, and eventually I hope to hone them into one big story π And yes – I tend to ramble a bit with my six π
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Way cool!!
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Ohhh THANKS Shay π
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I’ll be looking for that opportunity to share a clue word to move the story along. Excellent. Clark’s comments on “coincidence to clue” and slamming the blue door, absolutely got my attention as well. Still picturing the Grandma’s peachy fluffy cheeks.
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Ohhhh WONDERFUL and YAY! I’m not sure when I’ll begin – I’m hoping for Sunday, but yaknow, TRAVEL and jetlag and stuff – but I’m really excited. I love Grandma. She’s coming back π
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Three a week? Magic!
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That’s the plan! Fingers crossed…
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I’m enjoying the story and I’m enjoying the ‘learn-by-figuring-what-makes-it-good’ opportunity with this here Six here.
“to pin coincidence to clue” very cool phrase
“blue-painted door slam behind him that’s what (imo) makes for a good story/good writing, a detail like thatβ¦ (and there’s a rhythm to that phrase thats kinda cool)
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Why thank you sir *curtseys*
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This will be interesting to see where others ideas may take you.
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Yes – I’m looking forward to that aspect of it π
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Cool idea. Plus we get to see it move faster than this once a week thing…are you sticking to a word limit?
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No word limit but still the six sentences. It was suggested I try to complete in under 66k words…
I dunno. That might be one challenge too many.
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OOOOHHHHH – What can the history between those two be? And, what does the cop make of the scene? Is he a local and knows that history? Such fun and mystery. LOL
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Ooooh I know…INTRIGUE abounds π
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Indeed it does!
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Here’s to finding out what happens next π
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Well aren’t you the clever one. π What a great idea! Just finished mine. Time for sleep because I have a long day of writing tomorrow…
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Ahhhhh sleep sweetly and I’m SO looking forward to seeing yours. I think the plot-twist is pretty cool and I can’t wait to see what becomes of it π
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Should be fun!
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FRIST!
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BOOM baby!
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