Lonely heart - monologue

This exercise gave us a chance to write a monologue as our characters, about anything we wanted.
Evaluation:
I loved this exercise, as writing is something I really enjoy and hadn't really had a chance to have my own reign of writing a monologue. At first, I found it hard to pick what I would speak about, then I chose her to write a rant to the audience about her having to write another column to her magazine.
Once I'd gotten over the mind set of 'this would sound good, or this flows nicely' and getting into the mind set of my character, it got easier to write and phrases and its tone all started to fit together.

My monologue:
Well, here we are once again, sat in the office chair of rotating endless possibilities and opportunities to broaden the horizons of women hiding in what they believe to be a dark, lonely hole, repeatedly, no doubt with a tone growing ever closer to despair, lingering on the term, or should I say label, 'middle aged'. Urgh. Week after week, I take up the role of fellow middle aged companion, raising my sword of hope and attempting to slice society's stereotypical 30 something with a column or two at the back of a magazine. Probably covered in coffee, discarded under some overweight man's fat arse on the 7.39 to Brighton. I'm determined life can be fun. Waking up disorientated with a man whose face you don't recognise between your legs surrounded by countless empty bottles isn't reckless, why feel bad? No sudden inner turmoil of 'oh crap, I'm a slut' but rather a sense of achievement? I probably enjoyed myself, the room looks like we had fun. So what?

Evaluation:
The writing in the style of the character I found hugely helpful. By choosing a subject close to their heart, I found it increasingly easier to find and form opinions on topics, the choices of words they use and how they sound on paper. It also got me to think like her, with naturalism, the inner monologue is crucial, so having to think what to write down got me back into practicing and reciting that inner monologue. I took this form of writing down thoughts further, when having to get into the character for the speed dating task, I chose to write down her thoughts to help get into character, again, it got me to forget my thoughts and replace them with hers, a great way of focusing and getting fully into character. This worked for me, and I will definitely continue to use it in the future, and possibly think of ways to develop it in some form.