It’s Day 2 of NaNoWriMo! How is it going? Your brain hasn’t shut down yet, right? I liken NaNoWriMo to running the 400 in track. The first 100 meters you take …
Wordpainting for emotional effect!
Last week we took a look at Active Description and 4 Tips on how to wordpaint for emotional effect. This week, let’s take a look at incorporating those 4 Tips …
Extreme Wordsmithing Makeover: 4 Tips to writing ACTIVE description
Continuing our Extreme Wordsmithing Makeover series, we spent much of August diving into STATIC description and I taught you a technique called FOCUS, an acronym that reminded us to first …
Using Symbolism in your Description!
A Quick and Easy Tool for Writing Description (part 2) This month we’ve been talking about Extreme Scene Makeover and diving into description. I introduced the acronym FOCUS, a …
A Quick and Easy Tool for Writing Description (part 1)
Extreme Wordsmithing Makeover: A Quick and Easy Tool for Writing Description (part 1) This month we’ve been talking about Weak Writing Fixes and diving into description. Last week I …