Powerful Prose
Power Charge Your Language by Joan Koster provides a zillion ways to add vividness to your writing. Continue reading Powerful Prose
Category: WORD CHOICE TIPS
Using Word Storms to Plan Your Novel
If you are a writer, you love words. I know that I do. Word Storms are a writer’s way to play. They stir up creativity. They help you work through problems. They help you write your story. Continue reading Using Word Storms to Plan Your Novel
Characters as Verbs
~ I ________ you ~ I was very fortunate to have the chance to hear Damon Suede speak at the New Jersey Romance Writers Conference last … Continue reading Characters as Verbs
Editing for Sensory Language Part 7 Movement
~GOING BEYOND 5 SENSES ~ Remember those two hard-to-spell senses I mentioned back when I started this series? Well, now it is time to talk about them. The vestibular sense provides feedback on our body’s balance, coordination, and movement in … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language Part 7 Movement
Editing for Sensory Language Part 6 Sound
~Do You Hear What I Hear? ~ Crash. Bang. Screech. Nothing can beat adding sound words into one’s writing. Our sense of hearing develops long before we are born. At 18 weeks, an unborn infant can start to hear sounds. … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language Part 6 Sound
Editing for Sensory Language Part 5: Vision
~ Take a Good Look ~ When we read, we create visual images in our heads. We picture the heroine’s dress. We see the house. We visualize the car speeding past. These visual images grow out of our own visual … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language Part 5: Vision
Editing for Sensory Language Part 4 Touch
~ The Way It Feels ~ Close your eyes. Reach out and touch something nearby. Concentrate on how it feels to your fingertips. When we touch something a giant network of nerves are activated sending information to our brains. If … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language Part 4 Touch
Editing for Sensory Language Part 3 Taste
~ The Gustatory Sense: On the Tip of Our Tongue ~ Stick out your tongue and take a taste. Yum! Our sense of taste is probably our most pleasurable sense. It is also one of the most complex. We have … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language Part 3 Taste
Editing for Sensory Language Part 2 SMELL
~ The Olfactory Sense: Using Our Nose ~ Smell is one of the most powerful of our senses. Smell forms and solidifies memories and evokes the emotions. A familiar odor can bring back an image or event from the past. Smells … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language Part 2 SMELL
Editing for Sensory Language
– Weaving in the Seven Senses – As you can tell from the title I am still editing. I have gone over my current manuscript for all the big things. Now it is time for me to add those little details that … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language
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