- Make a list of five characters who are past their prime and are looking back.
Minstrel
Soldier
Athlete
Sailor
Hunter - Write about one of your five characters. Your first sentence will begin: “There had been better days.” Continue this sentence with six images that vividly evoke the character’s performing experience.
There had been better days. The roar of the crowd, the drawing of the stage curtain, her fingers quick and nimble on the strings, every note and chord begged to be played and she tended gently or harshly, as required, to each one. Music and joyous noise used to fill this hall when she played. - Build your next movement to excitement. First, internalize the feeling, then give comment. (Refer to the lesson)
The vibration of a well-struck note and the roar of a happy crowd. It gave her purpose! - Allow reality to set in. Your character becomes more somber with thought. Her memory, having been re-experienced, now feels so distant. Finish your paragraph with a movement that begins: “It was the years that brought…”
It was the years that brought down the curtain. Her fingers ached from years of repetitive motion and the noise caused her hearing to dim. There was a time she could go all day and night but, not anymore. Those days of vigor and ardor were passed. Still, Brigid played.
There had been better days. The roar of the crowd, the drawing of the stage curtain, her fingers quick and nimble on the strings, every note and chord begged to be played, and she tended gently or harshly, as required, to each one. Music and joyous noise used to fill this hall when she played. The vibration of a well-struck note and the roar of a happy crowd. It gave her purpose!
It was the years that brought down the curtain. Her fingers ached from repetitive motion, and she doesn’t hear as well nowadays. There was a time she could go all day and night, but not anymore. Those days of vigor and ardor were passed. Still, Brigid played.