Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Enough about us. What about zoe and joules? I’ll tell you what about zoe and joules. They do a bloghop each and every week on Thursday, called the Six Sentence Story.
The ‘object’, the theme of the ‘hop is to write a story, six sentences in length. Based on, using or otherwise influenced by the week’s prompt word.
(Sometimes we use the context of one of two WIPs for our Six Sentence Story. It’s fun and very helpful to my efforts to learn to write good. This week, we’re writing a scene from ‘Home and Heart’. Genevieve Novak is the administrative assistant to one of the main characters, Cyrus St. Loreto.)
This week that word is:
TRANSFER
Hearing his name always made him feel…special; Andy Lassiter approached the reception desk with practiced casualness, his confident smile thrown ahead like chum onto the surface of quiet, but promising waters.
Genevieve Novak looked up, her dark eyes held the hint of reciprocal interest, “Your phone, please, Mr. Lassiter; we have a strict policy against cell phones, but I promise you’ll get it back when you’re done interviewing Mr. St.Loreto.”
“I need it to take notes, surely an exception can be made for me,” the young man put both hands on her desk and leaned in; the transfer of weight to his arms creating temporary stress fractures in the Harris tweed jacket; his voice dropped half an octave and a third in volume, “If you want, you can tell your boss that you didn’t think I had a phone with me, I promise to vouch for you.”
“Gee, Mr Lassiter. I don’t know…” as he began to straighten, assured of his dominance, Genevieve reached into the top drawer of her desk, found a steno pad and offered it to him, “I have an extra pen somewhere, if you need to borrow one.”
Frustration bloomed into childish anger, the bully and abuser showing through the Ivy League clothing like body filler on a poorly painted luxury car; her smile suddenly merciless, “Or I can have your car brought around, if you’d prefer.”
Genevieve enjoyed watching the calculus of ambition and pride show dimly in Andy Lassiter’s eyes as he took the steno pad with the lack of grace common to those accustomed to lesser opponents
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What a jerk that Andy is lol. He is no match for our Ms. Novack!
I enjoy reading excerpts from any of your wip. Good one!
Thanks
You had me @ body filler on a poorly painted luxury car; … good six
Thanks, man
I loved this exchange, nothing is more fun than to see arrogant people who think they are above the rules cut down to size. Well done, Genevieve… and well written, Clark!!
Yeah. He’s just a bit of a roger, no? But Genevieve, who is a strong, supporting character is much more fun (to write for).
It is very easy to identify with the scene. There was no question who would prevail. Our Vice President was once the very same type of receptionist here where I work – LOL.
That would have been like a drive-up window (where the cars deliver the food)
lol
Oh, i like her! She handles jerks well.
very true
We know who has the real power. You have a way with words: “showing through the Ivy League clothing like body filler on a poorly painted luxury car” and the line about creating stress fractures in the Harris Tweed – stunning.
thank you, Val
Great six and has hooked me into wanting to read the book when you have finished it. You have some great descriptive lines there. I wondered about the word chum used where it was but after looking it up I realise I have found a new word in my vocabulary (or at least a new meaning for a word I already had in my vocabulary.) Well done.
it is an odd word, isn’t it?
Oooo! She emasculated him!
This character (Genevieve Novak) has a certain appetite, exhibited in a previous chapter (or two) of the WIP (‘Home and Heart’) you’d probably like her.