Writing game 8

Author function: Writer
Notion: Sorrow

The time has come, albeit too soon. As the clock counts down, the only feeling there is to be felt is a heartbreaking, gut wrenching sorrow. The room is painted a grayish white, and a certain stench of medication and disinfectants is filling the air, as is common for a room like this. It feels too stuffy, nearly suffocating in the small room. When the doctor leaves after administering the first medication, the only noises to be heard are sad sniffles from the people in the room. Our main character has laid his head down and is slowly falling asleep now, surrounded by sorrowful friends, yet not understanding these strange emotions passing through them. He, for one, is content.

He may not have lived long, and he may not always have been treated as well as he may have deserved, but his positive attitude has helped him make it through every day without being brought down by sorrow. He deserved so much more, which may be why this day was particularly sorrowful for everyone else involved.

When the last medication has been administered, at last, he is at peace. And eventually, the sorrow his friends are feeling will pass.


Reflection:
Using the function of writer has been able to give me more wiggle-room as to how I wished to write about the notion, which was what I was looking for in this writing game. If I had made use of the author function of  e.g. the poet, I would definitely have been more constricted in how I was to write the text. The same goes for the author function of the bard or the song writer, where there are certain rules on how to create a lyrical piece. I suppose I could just as easily have chosen the author function of the playwright or even the novelist, as these do come rather close to what I was looking for in the author function of the writer.