Monthly Archives: May 2012

I’m starting my daily poetry exercise with a haiku—not only because haiku are shorter and less daunting—but because the gorgeous weather outside has me thinking of nature, which lends itself so well to haiku.

sunstreams

pierce the cloud blanket

light burns through to feed the earth

green leaves on the trees

Today is one of those days where there is cloud cover, but every now and then a patch of bright blue sky…and with the dark green leaves (they’re usually light green for another month, but I love the trees in June for their darker leaves) against that blue sky…well, it’s very difficult to sit inside all day! I’m very fortunate to have a window, else my poem might have been very different.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the whitepaper I’m planning to publish. I’ve been starting to form an outline in my head. The whitepaper will be released in about a week and a half—on June 3^rd (Sunday). The main topic covered will be character creation, and the paper will include the following:

• A character worksheet—both long form and short
• Writing exercises/prompts for character development
• Details about creating a character’s own plot/subplot lines to fit into the main plot of the story (though this will only be touched on as it’s a whole topic in and of itself)

In other writing news, for the first time in about a month I’ve wanted to write, and have been writing. I’m sure it has something to do with the fact that I just moved, which, while exciting, is always stressful (even if it’s a good stressor).