An essay, a Mid-term, a Research Paper and a Little Fantasy Thrown in For Good Measure!

I tapped out a 1200 word literature essay this morning. At least the thoughts flowed easily onto the page and I was able to support my thesis without having to pull my hair out. The subject was poetry, and I am more of a prose type girl. I'm a little out of my element with poetry. All the metaphors make me batty, I must admit. I never could, and still can't figure out why writings dripping with vague allusions and obscure references are so exalted. I guess writers writing down what they want to communicate in a way that leaves no room for interpretation is not as artsy. Whatever. At least the essay about the artsy poetry is complete .

I have an American literature mid-term tomorrow, and no sooner do I finish that than I need to dig into my English literature research paper. I have yet to choose my topic. Rest assured it will not be poetry.

I worked a little bit in my novel length wip, world and language building mostly. I already have most of the world stuff completed - history, magic, creatures, conflicts between races, and most of the spiritual backbone in place. The language is more daunting. I never thought creating a language would be so time consuming, but it is. I am using elements of several different human languages, some of them ancient, to create a believable "original" language that is spoken as the native tongue of the ancient race in my story. Anyway, I am sure that I am doing it all wrong - breaking rules and whatnot, but for me it is working.

What I am not doing is randomly throwing together words. I am careful about how I develop each new word, and I have already gone back and altered or even completely changed a few of them when I find something different works better. This has turned out to be far more complex an undertaking than I originally anticipated. Isn't that the way of it though?

I hope to get more done tonight, but it is already getting late and I still need to read an entire chapter in my Biology text. Maybe I will learn something about genetics that can be incorporated into the history of one of my "worlds." One can always hope ;)