Assignment - two POVs

Time for something a little more complicated?
Inspired from discussion on this thread.

I'm not quite sure how this one will work, but lets see:

Sit at your blank page.  Climb into a 'voice'. Someone who has something to say. Could be anyone (anything), talking about something that is important to them. A monologue, essentially. Write for 10 - 20 mins.

Then, new blank page. Climb into another voice and write another monologue for 10 -20 mins. This monologue could be a response to the first person, or, just their own rant. I'd let it be whatever it wants to be, i.e. don't read the first bit and try to make it 'work'.

Then, interweave the two pieces together…. don't spend much time over this, don't overthink.

Post the work up on the Responses to Assignment board, do not edit what you have written. If you want you can add to the post the two original first person pieces as well, so we can see what you did with the interweaving.

Re: Assignment - two POVs

And for those who really want to be 'interesting', write one more short piece, pure freefall, pure description as in the talking and seeing assignment: “a totally unrelated scene that is viewed through a window of a house. Write what comes up, do not write dialogue but describe what is happening outside that window. Do not try to finish what you are describing, stop after 10 mins.”

And interweave all three together….
(either this is going end up a complete mess or brilliant, I'm not sure!)

Re: Assignment - two POVs

When piecing together, don't be afraid to insert small bits of text to place the voices, eg give them names, say 'he said,” etc, and if you are putting in a section of description, you can add small actions, don't go overboard, just enough to turn the thing into a narrative (eg he said, looking out the window. The truck moved on.. etc). Or if you don't want to insert anything at all, format like a play, but give the voices a name or a something defining eg a letter of the alphabet.

John:  xxxxx

Sarah: xxxx

Or, eg

J:  xxxxx
The rain came pouring down.
S: xxxx
Large puddles formed in the path.

Re: Assignment - two POVs

I love this idea.