Poetry in a NutshellWritten by Gary R. Hess
Poetry is more than just rhyming and prose that is in meters and verse. It is an art form. It is something that can not be judged by its cover and can not be critisized to point where it just "sucks." Poetry is about expression. Poetry expresses way we feel on a certain subject through imagery and other senses. It helps us deal with our daily problems, be it good or bad.The emotion which is put within poem brings it life. A poem without emotion is not a poem at all but simply prose. Poetry is what makes us feel happy or sad, mad or gleeful, loving or broken hearted. Poetry is life on paper. It does not need to be of a certain subject or even rhyme. Poetry is poetry. It has its own mind. If it flows good if not... it needs work. The rules can be bent but not broken. Our life is our life and no one can tell us what we have been through but ourselves. We know best not some stranger reading our poems. Our poetry is our life, not what someone says.
| | Writing fiction can be fun too!Written by Gary R. Hess
Writing fiction is something that all of us have trouble with at one time or another. The thought of coming up with a story which didn’t even happy can sometimes even result in shock.The best way is to approach this same way as you would a non-fiction story. First, you want to brainstorm. You don’t have to do this all at once, you might want to do your daily chores or watch some television… This always helps with brainstorming. The ideas will come quickly so you might want to take a pencil and paper with you so you don’t forget it. Next, choose which idea you think is best not which is easiest. You want this story to be exciting and thrilling with lots of events. After you have chosen which idea you want to use, begin creating your characters. Write out main characters of your story with short descriptions of each. Describe what their personalities are like and what they look like as well. This will later prove to be very helpful in story making process. You don’t have to give “concrete” names to any of characters as of yet. That can come later; this is just to give a hint at what your limitations will be for each character.
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