Hi Everyone. I would like to know how would you describe in your novel the loss of a loved one. Someone your character loved more than anything else in the world. How far would you describe your character's sorrow to bring any reader to tears. If anyone has a snippet of this subject on shared works - I would like to read or if you know of a book bound to bring you to tears...
Hi,
It is difficult to say how to handle sorrow in the creative process because each of us experience sorrow in a very personal way. I would take something from my background - the loss of a loved one, pet or any situation where loss impacted me in a deeply emotional way. I would take myself back to that time and try to project what I felt, physically, mentally and even in relation to how I viewed the world and people around at that time.
I also think Mark's suggestion is a great one.
Good luck with it.
Bea
Apologies, I missed a word out of the last line - it should read:
'Please don't take my sunshine away'
The saddest thing I ever saw was a documentary about two lovers and one of them was dying from aids. The documentary followed their story right up to the point of death and at that point the survivor held their loved one in their arms and sang the song 'You are my sunshine' to their departed love, and it was one of the most achingly beautiful heart-breaking things I ever watched. Even as I write this now I can feel my eyes starting to fill up and I watched that programme over twenty years ago.
If you don't know the song it goes:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't my sunshine away
So I guess I'm saying I would describe the loss of my loved one as the light, warmth, and life-giving aspect of them as being taken away forever. Imagine never having another day of sunshine ever again and that might go some way to describing that loss.
Hope this helps.