Another freeform one, I think, with a time limit of 30 minutes--otherwise I'll spend forever on it and won't get to my script. Has to be 1.5-2 pages long.
Based on "watercolour lessons 2" by thatau (Thassiana Magalhaes)on deviantART.
Initial thoughts--
Autumn, regret. Cooling of passion. Things starting to hibernate, leaves beginning to fall--people losing their masks? Serenity. Melancholy.
Okay, after trying a bit, seems I need to write a short synopsis, just to get a feel for where I'm going.
A woman enters the stage, wearing autumn colours. She's in her mid-forties, and seems a little sad. She works at a bakery, and has for many years. She lives her life alone; no friends. She lives comfortably, and likes to think herself happy. But she's beginning to realise that she isn't.
She hasn't noticed the looks she gets until recently. She hasn't noticed the changes in the mirror until recently. She knew she was getting older, but... it's happening to suddenly, for some reason.
She's lonely--she's been lonely for a long time--and she's only now beginning to realise it. She wonders whether she's wasted years of her life.
She went to a counsellor recently, seeking advice. How should she approach this? She's not the type to go to a counsellor usually, but... something prompted her. The counsellor--a handsome young man--held her hand and said it wasn't unusual at her age. Perhaps she should make a change in her life; go travelling, or try to meet someone.
But she doesn't remember how. She's afraid of changing things, and relates back to the theme of autumn--she feels as if her leaves are falling, and she's being left naked, forced to contemplate the meaning of her life.
She says her leaves have been falling for a long time, and she never noticed--and all she wants is one more month of autumn--it's all she has left--before winter sets in.
Download Day 13: Autumn
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