University of Washington Seattle Campus Identifying and Creating Mood & Tone Essay

This is a three part exercise for Changing Mood, Tone and Perspective in Writing. Please be sure to do all three parts. Have fun and be creative!
Exercise 1. Write a single scene in first person about Character A meeting a friend, Character B over coffee.What is Character A observing and thinking during this meeting? Include a brief conversation between the two characters, but do not reveal too much about Character A is thinking or feeling.
Exercise 2. Write the same scene again, but with Character B as your narrator. Use first person, the same as you did in the first scene.
In Exercises 1 and 2, the difference between them is that you will try to show how the perspective has changed, and how by writing this scene in two ways, you will show that both characters are unaware of what’s really going on in one another’s minds.
Exercise 3. Write the same scene from farther away, but this time in third person, as a narrator describes someone watching Characters A and B meeting in a cafe for coffee. Choose one mood for this scene, and add any words or phrases or descriptions that will show this mood: frightening, heartbreaking, romantic, magical (supernatural), or humorous.