Benches seek relationships. Arrivals or departures fuel stories or poems. Emotions rise and fall. Ask a few questions, then design scenarios to probe. Search for surprises and the unpredictable.
Consider the possibilities of this scene:
What happens right before or after arrival? Who walks in? Who rises to leave?
What dialogue follows if she dropped her words in haste? Should he retrieve them?
Who holds a breath or hums a tune?
Would a dog add to the scene? What breed and what behavior adds or distracts?
Let a father and daughter share a secret here.
Show a mother’s struggle with an adult son.
Who has a beginning or stages an abrupt ending?
How does the light affect them?
What happens in the empty spaces if love fell through?
Hop along the petal trail to inspire ideas for a story or poem. Follow one of the questions or create your own to reveal a relationship in progress. Try for a story in every season.
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