Friday, January 18, 2019

Practice Writing Descriptions


 We often do photo prompt exercises and sometimes word prompts. This weekend might be a good time to practice another prompt. 

This one will help you practice writing description. What tools do we use when describing a person or place or even a thing? An adjective is probably one we think of first. Colors, textures, aromas--all of these figure into a description. Similes and metaphors help when we are trying to paint a word picture for our reader. Feelings can also be a factor.

Our description brings the reader into the story, essay, poem that you're writing. We give them the ability to look into another realm with the words we use to describe a situation, people, places and more. It would be beneficial for all of us to hone our descriptive ability in our writing.

Choose one or more in the following list. Write a descriptive paragraph. To make it more interesting, choose one and write two separate descriptive paragraphs using a different approach in each. If you like poetry, you might try writing a poem that describes any one of the items on the list. Do as many in the list as time allows. 

The List:
  • a summer day
  • a thunderstorm
  • a scum-covered pond
  • a football field
  • two boys fishing
  • a classroom
  • a cemetery
  • a carousel
  • an apple pie
  • a blizzard
  • a courtroom
  • a cruise ship
  • a mountain

4 comments:

  1. I love your posts! Illness and numerous hospital stays have tried to hinder my regular aim to write. I won't give up.

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  2. I'm sorry about your health issues, Lisa, but maybe having a goal to write a little as many days a week as you can will be helpful and give you something else to think about. When I was recovering from surgery this past summer, I took on a big editing project and worked a little every day. It took my mind off my recovery problems.

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  3. Thanks for the post Nancy! Lisa. Hope your health is improving. I found writing when I was facing health challenges helped me feel "normal". Peace all.

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    1. Writing can be very helpful when we are not up to par. It can take your mind off whatever the issue might be.

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