Sunday, February 13, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday - 2/13/11

Again from Playing For Keeps. In this scene Samantha had the paper print an article about Ryan written by Jenny, a 12 year-old cancer patient that Ryan visits regularly. He's just read it - originally he told Samantha he did not want any publicity but she got around it by having Jenny writing it. So here Samantha has just asked him if he's mad ----


“You’re like a superhero to her.”
“Naw, if I was really a superhero I’d find a cure for Jenny’s cancer.”
“Not even Superman can do that.”
“Yeah, I know.”
His voice broke and she wished she were there to give him a hug. “Do you want me to come over?”
“Hell, yeah. I need to do something manly.”
Samantha told him she’d be right over, thinking he was the very essence of what a man should be.

17 comments:

  1. I just love Ryan's modesty. He's such a lovable character. :)

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  2. And just what does he need to do that's manly? This is need to know, here.

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  3. Ryan is an awesome hero. I love reading him!

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  4. I do love the character of Ryan.. very, very much

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  5. sweet and intriging show of Ryan.

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  6. This is my first intro to these two but I want more. Great dialog.

    gem

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  7. Thank you all so much. I love Ryan too and you know what I've notice doing these six sentence sundays? When I go back and do a re-write I'm going to try and make his heroine Samantha a little more worthy - otherwise I'm stealing him for myself!

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  8. Delightful and touching. Good writing.

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  9. That was both sexy and sad.

    Sad because of Jenny with her cancer, but sexy because he needs to do something "manly."

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