I needed the pages to develop the character of the woman and give insight into her specific mental illness. It also offers commentary on emergency mental illness practices and the relationship between the police and mental illness. I also needed the pages to provide an entertaining read.
Although all these 6-word stories convey the essence of my piece, they do not contain any detail, any explanation, any character connections. I need all the pages of my piece so that the reader can connect with the characters, so the reader can feel what the characters are feeling, and so that they can imagine themselves in such a survival situation. I like the shortened version, but there is a time and place for them, and they do not accomplish the same things as what my long form piece accomplishes.
This sentence captures the overall meaning and some of the objets that are in the story, however the rest of the story gives that sentence even more meaning. There is more insight into each character and to why the neon sign is important to them. It makes the story more impactful for the reader if they were along for the journey of each character and they went through all of the things that the characters went through. It makes the ending feel like it paid off and the sentence has a deeper meaning.
6 responses to “6-word Stories (Weds)”
Mental illness saves woman from murder.
I needed the pages to develop the character of the woman and give insight into her specific mental illness. It also offers commentary on emergency mental illness practices and the relationship between the police and mental illness. I also needed the pages to provide an entertaining read.
The doomsday clock strikes midnight. Boom.
The doomsday clock strikes midnight. Whoosh.
Clock strikes midnight, the world ends.
A journal entry half-finished, long forgotten.
Although all these 6-word stories convey the essence of my piece, they do not contain any detail, any explanation, any character connections. I need all the pages of my piece so that the reader can connect with the characters, so the reader can feel what the characters are feeling, and so that they can imagine themselves in such a survival situation. I like the shortened version, but there is a time and place for them, and they do not accomplish the same things as what my long form piece accomplishes.
Moving from one cage to another.
The Hermit that became the Wayshower.
Neon sign: letters hoping they fall.
This sentence captures the overall meaning and some of the objets that are in the story, however the rest of the story gives that sentence even more meaning. There is more insight into each character and to why the neon sign is important to them. It makes the story more impactful for the reader if they were along for the journey of each character and they went through all of the things that the characters went through. It makes the ending feel like it paid off and the sentence has a deeper meaning.
Help comes late, she was gone.