“…and no matter how I look at my life, I can’t see it ever being any different than it is every single stupid day,” Becca finishes.
The therapist is silent, the same trick she always pulls, but Becca wills herself not to rush in to fill the silence, make her say something, for once.
“Sounds like you’re in a rut, like maybe it’s time to start some new things, things that can become new rituals for security and fulfillment,” the therapist finally suggests.
“The people I have in my life are not going to help me with that,” Becca says.
“Is it time to add a new character to the cast, maybe?”
“For that, I’d need a whole new cast, hell — a whole new stage!”
Every week, Ivy at Uncharted hosts the Six Sentence Stories flash fiction linkup and blog hop. This vignette from The Life and Times of Jane Doe is in response to this week’s cue, “cast.” Follow the link for fun Sixes from other writers, or better yet — join us!
99 Monkeys 
All the world’s a stage, but not everyone plays nice. Nice take though. Well cast.
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Thanks! I missed your contribution this week…always look forward to your writing…
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Uh, you saw my recycled “cast” piece. Nothin’ for the busy Ranch though… first time since March. Ugh.
I did leave a fresh wolf story for you on my site if ya want to read.
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That’s what I was missing. Its been one of those weeks. Always like reading your stuff.
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There are some baaaaaad actors in every story! Good one.
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I really like this. It is difficult to make changes, more so when you are in a rut. But her resistance to change, maybe the therapist would like to get her to talk about that. Again, you have set my mind wondering and wandering.
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Raises the question of what makes a play good or bad – the actors or the material?
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It does indeed!
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In the end, it comes down to the fact that the common denominator in all of our problems is ourselves.
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That’s what’s so hard to see, though…
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The therapist has her work cut out with this one methinks! Excellent.
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Thank you!
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