My last prompt of April combines my two themes, National Humor Month and National Poetry Month, into a funny haiku. I love haiku but working in the humor was difficult. If you want to read how it’s done, visit Lori Z. Scott’s poems. The weird thing is I wrote this poem almost a week before… Continue Reading →
Writing Tip — The Importance of Humor
Humor in the arts has a bad reputation. It’s not considered as worthy as drama. How many comedies have won the Oscar for Best Picture? Not many. Yet humor helps us throughout our lives. I think it’s a necessary quality to cultivate. The importance of humor in my life is enormous. I’ve suffered from anxiety… Continue Reading →
Limerick Prompt
Because it’s National Humor Month and Nation Poetry Month, I wanted to combined the celebrations into one prompt and decided on a limerick prompt. Then I discovered I can’t write limericks. Haiku, yes. Acrostic poems, yes. Limericks–I can do the first two lines and get stuck. Here’s the limerick I started that was inspired by… Continue Reading →
Writing Tip — Let the Humor Come Naturally
At the beginning of the month, I linked to a post on the difference between comedy and humor. Comedy is a deliberate act to be funny. Humor comes from observing situations, remarks, or actions with a humorous attitude. I am a mystery writer who stumbles upon humorous things as I’m writing. Since I am not… Continue Reading →
Writing Tip — 4 Ways Humor Helps Characters
If it’s appropriate to you story, let humor do the heavy lifting when it comes to character development. Here are four ways humor helps characters. Humor makes characters likable. Giving a character a healthy sense of humor automatically makes her more likable to most readers. In real life, someone with good sense of humor is… Continue Reading →