Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise, constrained by a sentence limit (high and low) of six, there are worse ways to spend the remaining time you have on earth.
(Language Advisory. ….’cause, well, Rosetta!)
Prompt word:
NOD
“Who the fuck do you think you are, telling us all to quiet down?”
I knew Rosetta wasn’t addressing her concerns to Anya Clarieaux by the simple fact that she was still breathing and therefore able to voice her feelings about my effort to get the group organized.
“OK, maybe, ‘Everyone try to get a grip and speak in order‘ could’ve been better phrased, but come on, we’re all big kids here and we need to make the most of the moment…
“Or what, your girlfriend, Miz Blondie McPsycho bitch’ll cut you off?”
I looked across the room at Anya, fighting a ‘why me’ look only to see her nod and raise an eyebrow. I secretly hoped she was considering making our Miz Storme the new leader but instead, with a quiet smile, said,
“This man you’re talking trash to is the only person in this room with a history of surviving a conflict with me,” at this, the leader of the Hostage Rescue Team looked suddenly uncomfortable until Anya laughed, “Not you…pussy. ”
As Anya continued her scary-tinged laugh, the Sophomore nodded towards her but spoke to me, “What do we need to remember and does it help that while everyone was in ‘less-fun bondage’, I somehow spent a week in some wacko inventor’s workshop in Victorian London?”
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Rosetta seems like an Anya wannabe. It sounds like they just got back to the future somehow.
I’m looking forward to see what they are going to do with the time machine now that they know it works.
good point about Rosetta and Anya, though Anya is more sophisticated and has polish, whereas Rosetta… well, diamond in the rough
glad you mentioned time travel… the thing is (this in on me as the author) only the Sophomore had a time travel experience this time… unlike at the beginning of this serial where each of the four traveled
given how simpatico you have demonstrated yourself to be… when the Sophomore mentioned an inventor and Victorian London… is that where your new little friend the automaton hails from ?
Danger of Crossover Narratives Danger of Crossover Narratives…. Danger Danger lol
Ah! Even the automaton is from the past.
Good Point!
I think it’s time for a syllabus!! lol
To Frank’s comment, which is a good one, Rosetta vs Anya: the only difference (imo) is that Anya knows when and how to employ language — words have weight, and weight is impact.
Crossover: I’d love to see that. I think there’s real potential in those two stories weaving.
Fun Six.
yeah agree (on the fun of crossover) tricky with the time travel element to the tale
you’ve been very successful (in the past) with extensive Serial Sixes (with multiple interior references within the main storyline)… how do you keep the skein untangled while making individual narratives strong enough to carry across multiple plot lines?
Full Disclosure: totally want to make a reference to the Norn, but not 100% comfortable with their commonly depicted appearance
lol
I don’t really try to keep the skein untangled, Clark. Real life isn’t.
I think of it more like a cocktail party: conversations weaving in and out of one another, glasses clicking, someone coughing, two people in a corner discussing Bible class, somebody else mentioning the squashed squirrel she had to shovel out of the lane, another person remarking that there are no leaves left to turn autumn colours. People drift into conversations, out of them, across them.
The important thing, for me, is not preventing entanglement but making each strand distinct enough that I know whose voice I’m hearing, what they want, and what emotional current they are carrying when they reappear.
Coincidence doesn’t trouble me either. I once ran a tombola and drew my own ticket. Life is full of absurd overlaps like that.
So I suppose I trust the tangle. I just try to make sure the threads have enough colour of their own that, when they cross, they don’t disappear.
good insight
while I tend to ‘think’ in tangles, when I write it is about how in frame can I get the Reader
your advice re: make the threads memorable is very helpful
While at present I seem to be mixing narratives of only two stories, am grateful for all the input and insight from others
Norms: as in weavers of fate? Go for it.
yes ma’am
It’s certainly complicated, however you work it out, but it seems the only way to explain the automaton is to weave this whole together somehow.
true
I’m very interested about that last line that’s for sure. Hmm.