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?
Creative Write:Delve into this scene 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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