Last month at the writing class at Eden Court, Peter our teacher gave us some exercises involving the Japanese style of poetry (Haiku). These poems are written in three lines and by the number of syllables, not words, on each line, 5 on the first line, 7 on the second line and 5 on the last line.
Peter gave us time for two, but I managed to get one more written.
I thought that giving the time of year, I would like to post some of my haiku poems related to Christmas.
Winter
Snow will fall down soft
Long doze for mouse not Nick
He has gifts for us
Christmas
It comes once more now
Tonight we dream gifts many
Morn we open dreams
Holly
Holly is my name
Light I am to lift brightly
Winter is my time
But since there may be people who don't know or understand Haiku, I have written a short poem based on my Haiku pieces.
Snow is falling softly
Long wait is all but over
One more sleep nightly
Just one day before it's over
Tonight our dreams
Dance of St Nick and reindeer
He lays gifts as he hums
Thinking of the waiting children dear
Holly dreams of green holly
Perfect for the year's moment
Holly dreams of gifts making her jolly
Perfect for a piece of her childhood's moment
Morn has come quick as dream
Gifts open to long dreamt for joy
Day has gone quick as dream
But the gifts will last for the sake of joy
Long wait begins again
Long we wait for this joy again
I hope that you've enjoyed my little pieces, and that you have yourselves a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thursday, 19 December 2019
Sunday, 8 September 2019
Building a Character
I have decided to do a post about creating a character after a discussion I was in at the writing group I go to at Eden Court and we have some time to spare at the end, and we were asked to give a piece of advice, and I gave a piece of advice of developing a character.
Inspiration for your character:-
The inspiration of your character can came from anywhere and everywhere. Your character(s) can be inspired or based on real people you may know, or on somebody you don't know, or from another fictional character whenever it's another character you've created in an earlier piece and what to change or not.
Know your character:-
You can plan your characters right from the beginning, their background, family and the plans for them through out the story, even if you don't use all your ideas, because it's your characters who will make your story. Dan Brown suggests in MasterClass, that you start making your characters by starting with your villain to make the force the hero is fighting against.
Don't know your character:-
Another way of developing your character is perhaps a way that isn't perhaps used that much; don't know your character, discover and develop your character as you write your story. Don't worry, you can go back and change your character if you wish to do so.
Naming your character:-
I think that names are important for a character, not just to help identify and keep track of the character while writing them, but some names can give a hint of the character, such as their background, their job, and sometimes their true nature. One fictional example is Jack Merrdiew in the novel Lord of the Flies, his surname more or less means "lord of the place", and he's the character becomes the true villain of the story, using the fear of the "beast" to his advantage.
I hope that you found this post interesting, for everyone can write and create wonderful characters for their stories.
I hope to be posting again soon.
Inspiration for your character:-
The inspiration of your character can came from anywhere and everywhere. Your character(s) can be inspired or based on real people you may know, or on somebody you don't know, or from another fictional character whenever it's another character you've created in an earlier piece and what to change or not.
Know your character:-
You can plan your characters right from the beginning, their background, family and the plans for them through out the story, even if you don't use all your ideas, because it's your characters who will make your story. Dan Brown suggests in MasterClass, that you start making your characters by starting with your villain to make the force the hero is fighting against.
Don't know your character:-
Another way of developing your character is perhaps a way that isn't perhaps used that much; don't know your character, discover and develop your character as you write your story. Don't worry, you can go back and change your character if you wish to do so.
Naming your character:-
I think that names are important for a character, not just to help identify and keep track of the character while writing them, but some names can give a hint of the character, such as their background, their job, and sometimes their true nature. One fictional example is Jack Merrdiew in the novel Lord of the Flies, his surname more or less means "lord of the place", and he's the character becomes the true villain of the story, using the fear of the "beast" to his advantage.
I hope that you found this post interesting, for everyone can write and create wonderful characters for their stories.
I hope to be posting again soon.
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
A Poem for the June Solstice - End of the Longest Day
Earlier this month, I found another piece I did for the writing class at Eden Court. The theme of the piece was "the longest day", and since it's the June Solstice, I thought that I write the piece for you all.
The herbs in bloom
For it is Midsummer
There is no need for a broom
That won't do on the day of Midsummer
The herbs are green
Just as the sky is cloudless
Ready to be eaten
Good for a salad no less
What are herbs names?
I'm afraid that I don't know
I can give my friends names
But that is for me, and me alone to know
The sun has risen on the longest day
But now the sun sets, ending the longest day
The words "longest day" isn't a refer to war film The Longest Day about the D-Day landings, which was 75 years this year.
I hope that you've enjoyed the piece and I hope to post again soon.
The herbs in bloom
For it is Midsummer
There is no need for a broom
That won't do on the day of Midsummer
The herbs are green
Just as the sky is cloudless
Ready to be eaten
Good for a salad no less
What are herbs names?
I'm afraid that I don't know
I can give my friends names
But that is for me, and me alone to know
The sun has risen on the longest day
But now the sun sets, ending the longest day
The words "longest day" isn't a refer to war film The Longest Day about the D-Day landings, which was 75 years this year.
I hope that you've enjoyed the piece and I hope to post again soon.
Sunday, 26 May 2019
The Open Garage Door
I know that it's been a while since my last post, but I have been busy with some of my other projects trying to get them organised. This is another writing homework piece I wrote last November under the title The Open Garage Door. In this piece, the characters are animals.
The police car drove down the street with the cat at the wheel and his partner, a vixen, beside him.
The street was a normal urban neighbourhood street with the same neighbouring houses in file on both sides. The day was a school day so all the street's younglings were nowhere to be seen, either on the lawns, on the street, or at the nearby park.
Gliding to a halt, the cat turned off the car's engines before he and his partner went over their notes together.
"Just another nosey neighbour stuff again." The vixen, Constable Redtail, was saying.
"We are still ordered to investigate." Sergeant Tamson replied.
"But it's the third complaint this month."
"And it'll be the fourth if we don't do our job."
"It will still be a fourth regardless."
"Oh come on." The cat ordered as he got out of the car and put on his cap. The vixen followed suit before they began their approach to the house ahead of them.
The sergeant knocked on the door, then knocked after a moment of waiting. The constable took a look through the living room window, but saw and reported nothing.
Then there was a sound of something crashing down onto the floor in the garage to the right of the front of the house.
Dull of caution, the two police officers approached the garage door. Tamson checked the garage door handle, and it turned easily, clearly unlocked. He gave Redtail a knowing look, which was returned with a nod of the head.
Moving swiftly, Tamson turned the handle and pulled upwards and he and his partner was standing under the open garage door looking inwards together at the sight before their astonished eyes.
I hope that you've enjoyed my piece, and I hope post again soon.
The police car drove down the street with the cat at the wheel and his partner, a vixen, beside him.
The street was a normal urban neighbourhood street with the same neighbouring houses in file on both sides. The day was a school day so all the street's younglings were nowhere to be seen, either on the lawns, on the street, or at the nearby park.
Gliding to a halt, the cat turned off the car's engines before he and his partner went over their notes together.
"Just another nosey neighbour stuff again." The vixen, Constable Redtail, was saying.
"We are still ordered to investigate." Sergeant Tamson replied.
"But it's the third complaint this month."
"And it'll be the fourth if we don't do our job."
"It will still be a fourth regardless."
"Oh come on." The cat ordered as he got out of the car and put on his cap. The vixen followed suit before they began their approach to the house ahead of them.
The sergeant knocked on the door, then knocked after a moment of waiting. The constable took a look through the living room window, but saw and reported nothing.
Then there was a sound of something crashing down onto the floor in the garage to the right of the front of the house.
Dull of caution, the two police officers approached the garage door. Tamson checked the garage door handle, and it turned easily, clearly unlocked. He gave Redtail a knowing look, which was returned with a nod of the head.
Moving swiftly, Tamson turned the handle and pulled upwards and he and his partner was standing under the open garage door looking inwards together at the sight before their astonished eyes.
I hope that you've enjoyed my piece, and I hope post again soon.
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