Create a character who has just broken his/her girl/boyfriend's heart. He/she calls and wants to get together to talk some things out. You have three tasks for this journal prompt:
1. Create a scene - give your readers a back story, use description to illustrate setting, and remember to think small - we are not covering large time frames in these prompts!
2. Create believable characters. Who is she? Who is he? Who are they as a couple? What has happened between them? How long have they been together? Does one feel differently than the other? Illustrate this.
3. Write realistic dialogue. What do your characters have to say to one another after the broken heart? Does the meeting end cordially or is there a full-blown fight?
Make sure that you use dialogue to illustrate who your characters are. As Anne Lamott suggests - spend some time with each of them to figure out who they are - what they like, what they dislike. And it's okay to be unsure of your direction when you first start writing; put the two of them in a room together and see what happens.
The only way to become better writers is to write crummy first drafts!
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