How would I describe a funeral in my novel?
that depends upon wether its a grave side, funeral home or church setting. some funerals have caskets(open or closed), some do not. Usually theres a guest book for messages to the family, programs with the sepakers a biography and passeges, flower arrangments on display at the front of the hall and sometimes pictures on a poster board. a minister or some sort of clergy leading the funeral. The family(parents, sinblings or children) of the deceast will sit in the front row. You'll see alot of hugging and crying. For an out door grave side service theres usually a tent to protect the family from weather and rows of chairs. The casket or urn is displayed out front and buried later after the service. try to picture what you often times see if tv shows, its actually very similar. For some more help watch the movie "my girl" the lead characters dad is a mortician and the "a taste of blackberries" gives a good description of a funeral service but I'll warn you to break out the tissues.
How can I describe attending a funeral for a story?
The typical funeral held at the funeral home starts with the family showing up about 30 minutes early in order to have some private time. Then others come in throughout the viewing time. Viewing usually lasts an hour (most common time is 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM). Some people come in and pay their respects and then leave, others stay to go to the cemetery. In the funeral home are rows of chairs (ours has seven rows of five chairs each, with a front row of fancier chairs for the immediate family). In front of the chairs is an open space and then the casket is displayed. Most funerals will have two large candles on wooden pillars on either side of the casket. Above the casket (or on it if the casket is closed) is usually a flower arrangement called a casket spray. On either side of the casket would be any number of flower arrangements. Once the viewing was over, anyone wanting to say anything could get up and speak. If there is a religious officiant there, they would start their service. Once that is over, the people would be dismissed, the family would be given the option of saying goodbye a final time along with the option of seeing the casket being closed, and then the funeral director and another funeral attendant would close the casket. From there, the casket would be brought out of the funeral home by pallbearers (people who are chosen by the family to help carry the casket) and into the hearse. The procession would start and everyone would go to the cemetery together. When there, the casket would be carried out of the hearse by the pallbearers, placed on a lowering device which is on the grave itself, and a brief graveside ceremony would start. When that is done, the people would leave and the funeral staff would stay and make sure that the casket is lowered by the cemetery staff. --- As for the emotions, your teenager would very likely be feeling intense grief. She might be feeling some guilt, depending on what caused his death. She would probably also feel awkward being an ex-girlfriend surrounded by family who may or may not like her - or blame her for the death.
How would i describe a funeral scene?
tell how the people feel, what their actions are. are some crying or are some standing there, counting the seconds until they can go home? does the main character listen to the preacher and read the program or is he/she in a totally different world? if so, show those thoughts. does the character feel remorse, regret, hate, or do they feel guilty? maybe you can make it raining, but what that is cliche. maybe it can be just cold with the sun out. the character can think that the weather is mocking the death of the person by it not raining. i agree with metaphor, but make sure that it isn't corny and make it original. add some dialogue between two characters. do they comfort each other or blame each other for the death? are they brought closer the together or farther apart by the death? Hope I helped.
What is the best funeral you have ever attended?
My step-mom, Pam’s funeral last week. Honestly, I laughed almost the entire time. Pam had been battling cancer for a year. I’ve watched her brave through this fucking horrible disease. Until the bitter end, she clawed and fought. But she also couldn’t beat the disease largely because, outside of having a positive attitude and getting treatment, “beating” cancer is not an option. When we say “beat cancer” it makes the individual who beat it, seem like they had some ineffible strength and was just stronger than others. That’s silly.But cancer won. Pam lost. And through it all, I got to find the best cancer jokes and tell them to her. I had to watch her in pain, faking a smile. And that sucks, but I’ve been mourning for a year. For the past six weeks, I’ve been watching (sometimes from afar) her slowly fade as the disease consumed her from the inside. By last Thursday, I’d done most of the crying I was going to do. Death ended her suffering.Just as important, my step-mom and I had a wicked sense of humor. We’d gone to funerals and told horrible jokes that were totally inapropriate; things best unspoken and left unwritten on Q&A websites. But they were bad. And that made me happy. So now it was Pam’s turn to be at a funeral and I was gonna’ be goddamned if I didn’t celebrate her life by having a great time at her funeral (no jokes at her expense though).We giggled and laughed through the whole thing. Sometimes to the dismay of distant family members and friends. “Ahhh fuck ‘em! This is our party.” So we told jokes, we told dirty jokes, we told dirtier jokes and laughed ourselves sick. We endured a long ass service (“Um … unless this shit’s gonna bring her back, then I have no clue why it’s taking so fucking long.” And, “Jesus Christ? Are they trying to kill us too!? I’m starving!”), and went down stairs in the church basement to eat. Before getting up from my pew, I turned to my (adult) niece and nephew and said, “Fuck. I’m so hungry I could eat a dick!” Nearly caused them to fall out of the seat.In the basement, we told stories and laughed some more. We had a great time. One of the best times I’ve had. “Jeez! We need to stop meeting like this!” We bonded over life and death. Seems appropriate. I don’t believe in an afterlife; not by a long shot. But if there were one, I promise, my step-mom would’ve been laughing her ass off the whole time.
Need help with this funeral scene I'm writing , please help :) :) :)?
Here are symbols you could use and incorporate into the scene: -Have the Twin Brother wearing a big, dark, coat- Coats are a symbol of hiding themselves from others, and going into detail on this can hint at the dark secret he is covering up. -A cloudy night, where the moon cannot be seen- The moon is a symbol of security and inner peace, and the characters are obviously not possessing these ideas or feelings. -A rat or rats scurrying- Rats symbolize betrayal. -Have it take place in the winter- The winter is a symbol of darkness, despair, loneliness, and the end. -Poplar tree- This tree is a funeral tree. It represents death, grief, and sacrifice -Use of direction- The right side symbolizes the protector, while the left side symbolizes evil. I hope these help. I find a lot out just by searching google, so if you need more you can also try doing the same.
Describe sadness and loneliness?
sadness, it feels like a weight in your stomach and sometimes it gets hard to breath ,and it feels like you're heart has sharp pains like its actually breaking apart into peices it also feels like you have something lodged in the back of you're throat and it seems like its forcing you to feel like your going to cry and you feel know one loves you etc etc Loneliness: you feel like no ones there for you and can get to feeling extremely depressed and you start blaming yourself for things you know arent your fault like the death of a loved one and you basically dont know what to do and you think somethings wrong with you so you just sit there not knowing what to do
How do yo write a funeral scene in a novel?
It depends entirely on point of view and theme. Here, the theme seems pretty downbeat and depressing, so I'm not going to go too deep into that. So, I will base the question on point of view. I'm assuming you are using first or third person. For first person, you are, of course, telling the story through the eyes, mind, and feelings of the character. For this you would focus less on the funeral and more on the emotions the protagonist would be feeling at that moment. Mention a sentence or two about the ongoing of the funeral, and then tangent off into the protagonist's mind and feelings, explaining the sadness (Or happiness, maybe your character is an asshole). If you are doing the story in third person, do the opposite. Focus almost entirely on the somber occasion, placing a few sentences about her emotions every paragraph or two. Either way, considering the type of scene it is, make sure the mood of the scene is somber, maybe depressing, but not creepy.
What happens at a funeral?
okay well i tried writing some stuff but you can keep it: I walked in front of dad's coffin. Tears sprang in my eyes. "Mom.." I said, turning around. She was crying, too. "Say 'goodbye' to your father." she said, trying hard not to cry. I gaped at her. How am I supposed to say "goodbye" to my dad? He was like my best friend. "Oh, he was my bother.." cried Uncle Tom in the back pew. A couple of family members were talking in hushed voices. Only a couple of relatives came early. Like, at 4:30 P.M. when it's supposed to start "Hey." said my sister, Yvonne. "Hey." I said, surprised she was talking to me. She pushed me towards dad's coffin. "Go." she said, impatiently. I sniffled and said those two words I hated. "Goodbye, dad." okay, not that good but watever. i really wanna be an author when i grow up. i hope u liked it. :) ~lily