A Different Angle
“It’s all about perspective, Aunt Jane,” said her niece. “Try looking at it from a different angle and you might feel more positive about it.”
“There is no way I can feel positive about living in a silly apartment and giving up the home I have built and loved for so many years.”
They were silent for a while, wrapping mementos and belongings in newspaper and bubble wrap, packing the evidence of a life well-lived into boxes to keep, to donate, to discard.
“What if you think about it the way you think about your photography?” asked Sydney.
“It’s true,” said Jane, “that reframing the shot sometimes makes all the difference.”
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Written in response to this week’s Six Sentence Stories challenge, hosted by Girlie on the Edge. Each week writers are challenged to spin a tale in just six sentences.
This week’s cue is ANGLE.
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Great job of working in two different angles in your SSS.
Thank you, Pat!
Imo, it’s always about perspective. Which is not to say a different perspective is always easily embraced as you so eloquently point out in your Six. Sydney gives her aunt excellent advice by offering her a personally relatable metaphor.
I agree, Denise. It’s always about perspective. The ability to shift our perspective is a tough skill to master.
A multi- angle mini story. I love it
Thanks, Paul!
I’m on Aunt Janes side. Photograph’s are second best to the real thing. Nice story though.
True enough. Thank you for visiting!
I’m with Paul on this, the magic in your Six is that it offers a multiple of stories, branching into the scene and, then, outwards from the scene.
We learn about the character’s history (everything before “It’s all about…”), not from a recitation of facts and information, but from the tenor of her response to the other character’s suggestion.
Very cool. Am wrestling with that problem in ‘Hobbomock’ as I try to let the reader know the history of the protagonist without resorting to an ‘info dump’. Tough to do, more tougherer to maintain as the narrative must remain following one path, even though the characters are free to remember whatever they wish.*
Good Six, yo
*the time travel hook comes at a price, I can’t have the character reveal his predicament “Let me tell you about my deceased wife, she died in the future”, or some such thing.
Thanks, Clark. I’m glad the history of these characters is coming through on the reader end.
I am significantly behind in Hobbomok reading. There is no more to say…
Yes, a concise story with so much story contained. And two solid characters. Good Six!
Thanks, D. I think this is evidence that when you have backstory in mind, it can still come through to the reader, even if not included on the page. At least I hope that’s what’s going on!
This is so good–filled with wisdom. Thanks much for the reminder to just reframe, adjust my perspective 🙂
Thank you, Rhen. And a good reminder for all of us.
This is one of the hardest of the ages and stages of life, although so many of us are taken with the difficulties of growing up we forget.
An excellent six.
Thanks, Mimi!
Great angles in your six!
Hah! Thanks, Susan! 😀
Truthful words right there!
It’s all about perspective, Lisa! Thanks for reading.