Friends Missing Friends

43. Picking up the scraps (Part 2): writing plays about our grief


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Welcome to Part 2 of my conversation with Ian Ornstein! (If

you want to catch part 1, check out episode 42).

About Ian: Ian grew up in California and moved to Chicago in 2015. He writes (plays, short stories, essays, monologues) and performs (improv in various forms) around town. Right now he's thinking about trying to move through life with less judgement and being open to the various varieties that life presents him.

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Today, Ian and I discuss:

  • The difference between writing about a family member’s death versus a friend’s
  • Book recommendations that include grieving a
  • friend (Perks of Being a Wallflower and In the Pockets of Small Gods)
  • How to be considerate but ALSO understand how we are not responsible for everyone’s feelings!
  • Considering people’s privacy and feelings when writing about our grief (in his play and my memoir)
  • The last moments we remember about our friends who passed
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    Resources:

    To check out the books Ian recommended:

    Perks of Being a Wallflower:

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22628.The_Perks_of_Being_a_Wallflower

    In the Pockets of Small Gods:

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36478918-in-the-pockets-of-small-gods

     

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    Friends Missing FriendsBy Hannah Rumsey