Writing
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The Lines of Poetry
Sometimes when I sit down to write a poem, I struggle with shaping the lines. Part of the issue is that I have a lot more freedom to play around with sentences, phrases, fragments, and words in of themselves than I do in prose. This freedom will often leave me wondering what works best for… Continue reading
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Let’s Write: Horror Elements
Horror can sometimes seem difficult to write, but the best horror is often distilled into several elements that comprise the major plot points of a story. Elements Pain As humans, we often abhor excessive amounts of pain, and when confronted with it, we tend toward the path of least resistance. This avoidance of pain can… Continue reading
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Each of us holds a story
Within each of us lies a story. a small seed, insignificant at first, but with proper care and nurturing — it may one day grow into a tree. There it will shine with all the glory of the sun — the impact reeling across the minds of all who touch its leaves. Within each… Continue reading
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Let’s Write! Constructing and Developing Ideas
In a writer’s life, there are times where ideas seem plentiful, like the molecules in a river, and other times, ideas seem scarce like water in a desert. No matter how plentiful or scarce your ideas are, the hardest aspect to them is constructing those ideas into workable stories. In the following writer’s exercise from… Continue reading
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Developing Musical Ideas
I sit here with bongos in my lap. The rhythms I tap out invoke melodies, many of which I discard as being too fragmented. I sometimes will sing these melodies out loud with the drumming to see if they match up as well in reality as they do in my head. Other times, I will… Continue reading
Reshaping Reality 