How to write descriptively - Nalo Hopkinson
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Date: 2020-08-22
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Caffeine
I'll be honest, this video probably shouldn't be listened to. It essentially pushes for complex and flowery prose which, in either small doses or in certain works, can be very effective. However, short sweet and to the point can be just as if not more effective.
See, good writing is writing that works. If having a short punchy sentence with very little descriptive metaphor works, then use that short sentence. Don't force complexity where you do not need it.
Bille felt nauseated and sick is the better line.
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I'll be honest, this video probably shouldn't be listened to. It essentially pushes for complex and flowery prose which, in either small doses or in certain works, can be very effective. However, short sweet and to the point can be just as if not more effective.
See, good writing is writing that works. If having a short punchy sentence with very little descriptive metaphor works, then use that short sentence. Don't force complexity where you do not need it.
Bille felt nauseated and sick is the better line.
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Leo
this is: an old video, but it's still very helpful
some people prefer the straightforward stuff, others don't
it's just a matter of what makes you comfortable.
you see, you could just say billies arms are weak or, you could elaborate, use metaphors and personification to create billies arms feel like they're attached to one thousand pound weights, limp and weak as they beg for some sort of relief,
preferences are weird lol
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this is: an old video, but it's still very helpful
some people prefer the straightforward stuff, others don't
it's just a matter of what makes you comfortable.
you see, you could just say billies arms are weak or, you could elaborate, use metaphors and personification to create billies arms feel like they're attached to one thousand pound weights, limp and weak as they beg for some sort of relief,
preferences are weird lol
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Luna
I wouldn't want a reader to stop and try and imagine what a 'stewed-cherry dress' looks like - I want to effortlessly put the image in their minds so it doesn't detract from the flow of the story. So I would assume stewed cherries was the colour of the dress and I don't think cherries change colour much when they're stewed, so why include that word? If it has a cherry pattern on it they won't be stewed cherries either.
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I wouldn't want a reader to stop and try and imagine what a 'stewed-cherry dress' looks like - I want to effortlessly put the image in their minds so it doesn't detract from the flow of the story. So I would assume stewed cherries was the colour of the dress and I don't think cherries change colour much when they're stewed, so why include that word? If it has a cherry pattern on it they won't be stewed cherries either.
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NitrogenAX
I love writing in detail and using literary elements, being complex, etc. However my uncle who is also a writer, and many in these comments seem to prefer straight to the point writing. Im honestly torn between how I should write. Could anyone give some advice?
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I love writing in detail and using literary elements, being complex, etc. However my uncle who is also a writer, and many in these comments seem to prefer straight to the point writing. Im honestly torn between how I should write. Could anyone give some advice?
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Alidon
I like writing but im not posting it on public or anything. Writting a story is one of my hobby. But when the time pass i want my story to be posted public but i dont have a confidence to post it because I don't know if my story is good.
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I like writing but im not posting it on public or anything. Writting a story is one of my hobby. But when the time pass i want my story to be posted public but i dont have a confidence to post it because I don't know if my story is good.
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Eugene
This is actually a problem I had while reading The Maze Runner. All the descriptions just felt general, not vivid. So I wasn't as immersed in that book and it didn't feel like the stunning tale most people thought it to be.
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This is actually a problem I had while reading The Maze Runner. All the descriptions just felt general, not vivid. So I wasn't as immersed in that book and it didn't feel like the stunning tale most people thought it to be.
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Mr.
A writer struggles to write a good story as he absent mindedly tapped his pen on the old wood table repeatedly and decides to go on YouTube to seek some advice
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A writer struggles to write a good story as he absent mindedly tapped his pen on the old wood table repeatedly and decides to go on YouTube to seek some advice
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Rene
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I instantly recognized cornelia funke's Ink heart, without reading it on the banner. The visualization of the book examples are really recognizable, amazing!
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welm8
i'm here because i need to finish a 3000+ words short story for a contest and the deadline is literally in 2 days and i've only written 1498 words TT
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i'm here because i need to finish a 3000+ words short story for a contest and the deadline is literally in 2 days and i've only written 1498 words TT
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