Has anyone lost a friend that they were very close to?

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I am writing Project Succession’s chapter 1, part 1 of the second draft. Though it should really be the first draft in a way. Moving on, I am thinking about how in this draft, Aeris’s whole reason for being a doctor is because of her best friend who died from an illness at a young age. Kaylessa was the best friend of Aeris, who suffered from an illness that prevented her from living beyond being teenager.

I am deeply analyzing the character of Kaylessa for future drafts, finding myself intrigued by what I can make for her, character wise.

I never had a very close friend who I died in my life. I don’t know what it is like to lose such a close friend, so that is a bit foreign to me. Though I like to see it as losing a loved one family or not, but this was a new experience for me as a writer.

I do want some feedback from people who lost a great friend in their lives. Aeris lost more than just Kaylessa, she also lost her parent too. Trusting people is hard for her, especially when people tried to kill her.

So, I love that as thought more on Kaylessa in terms of doing a flashback in a future character arc of Aeris, I play on the idea that being a doctor was more so Aeris’s thing to save a friend, but Kaylessa never felt so strongly about being a doctor as she did. Though Kaylessa rooted for her.

That is something that I’ve noticed.
Did you ever lose a very close friend in your life? Thoughts and feelings?

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I haven’t, unless cats count.

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I never even had a pet friend. I was actually taking about human beings.

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Yes I have… A few close friends at too young an age…

I have tried to immortalise them in stories, and for the most part it helps with the healing process, but it hurts to write those pieces. It hurts like hell.

SD

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To even write Kaylessa as a reason for Aeris to become a doctor was odd yet refreshing. I mean I do have plans on making her more than just some character who is the Littlest Cancer Patient trope.

I never even thought that creating a character like her would make sense. Still, I am glad I went that way.

I don’t know what it is like to lose a friend to death, hell I barely had much friends. Time drove the people who were my friends apart while I barely did much to make more friends.

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You have been saved the hurt in some way… Though it sometimes takes a loss to know the meaning of having…

Life is both wonderous, and cruel… In all my years I have faced much. Pain and joy in measures that are unbalanced. Fear, and defiance in the face of death also…

I fear nothing now, for my turmoil has crafted who I am… Only the memories of the lost still pains me…

SD

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Yeah, that makes sense.

Thanks for sharing.

I hope when I do Aeris’s backstory during some future character arc, I want to make it known that there’s more to Kaylessa and Aeris too.

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NP!

SD

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Bump.