"I have never found a
companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part
more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.
A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will."
-- Henry David Thoreau
1. Write a one page scene
of a happy occasion -- a wedding, baby shower, graduation, etc. Describe
the event from the point of view of a lonely character. How do all the
other people look at that character? How does the event make the character
feel? How does the character physically express the loneliness?
2. Write a scene in which
a character who is alone is also lonely. Don't let his being alone solely
define his loneliness.
3. Choose an emotion
from the list below and write a one page monologue in the voice of a character
who, though feeling that emotion, denies it.
Anger
Love
Happiness
Fear
Jealousy