Tagline: Her kids' matchmaking may give Chrissy something extra to be thankful for this Thanksgiving...Observations: What a great story. I have to admit, Chrissy is a better woman than I. I would have been a little perturbed at the thought of five extra guests. Then again, I normally have fifteenish people and the thought of twenty gives me hives.
I loved how the kids acted once Henry got there, making themselves scarce. That was hilarious. This story was full of wit, which I love.
I just wanted to point out the story structure here.
Scene 1 - Chrissy's kids approach her with the idea of having guests for Thanksgiving. This is the set-up where we find out the situation and some of Chrissy's backstory.
Scene 2 - It's Thanksgiving and the guests arrive. Here is where the hero and heroine meet and connect. It's always good to show them having something in common and in this case, it's that they both have matchmaking kids. LOL
Scene 3 - The couple have coffee on the patio while the kids clean up. First of all, I applaud this idea of the kids doing the clean-up. Aside from that, this is the wrap-up where we find out things have gone according to plan and that the hero and heroine like each other enough to set up a "second date."
As is often the case, there is no black moment, or even a gray one. At no time do we worry that things won't end up happily, which is fine. You've only got 800 words and sometimes you just can't fit it in.
Photo credit: Kimberly Vardeman (Flickr CC license)
2 comments:
It was a very cute story. It took me back to my younger days when we had all the folks who had no place to go for dinner. No romantic set-ups though :-)
I loved, loved, loved this story. It was so homey and so real. Having three kids I guess made this story real to me. I have the type of kids who always brought home friends and our house was the hang out.
Thanks for pointing out the 3-act structure, Kate. I think that is my biggest downfall when writing.
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