Writers' exercise: old friends

FinsburyParkCarrots

Create two characters, old friends suddenly reunited after several years. Describe the socio-economic status, politics and attitudes of each person; flesh them out; consider how the two characters have grown apart in their fortunes and opinions and how they cope with the revelation of their distance. How do they negotiate this change with themselves and each other? How could you narrate their past closeness and contrast it with the present world of the narrative?

Now, think of an event, a situation that happens to bring these two together either to reconciliation or to conflict. It could be a football match, a shared love, an accident: The more you exercise your imagination with the realms of realism the better! Then, focus on the psychological dynamics between the two characters.

You could write a short story, a piece of dramatic script or a poem, but the key thing is to try to express not only the spoken but the silent language of distance.

Byrnzie

Hmm, looks a tad taxing. I'll give it a crack when I have more time.

eamonpatrick

And, I will give it my best shot, however, it is late here. I will sleep on it . . . maybe something will come to my subconscious state of three hours.