Write to Reveal

When a writer uses the words: love, fear, joy or anxiety without displaying their meanings, readers feel less connection. If a reader has never experienced the circumstances or emotions, confusion arises.

Writers need to delve into details to reveal a situation. This promotes the showing of feelings and emotions rather than telling the reader how to feel or relate. 

Using sensory imagery encourages readers to understand from their perspective and experiences. Revealing circumstances that caused the emotion invites readers to become involved. They might question the experience or relate to it.

Watch and listen to situations, then notice emotions stirred by the events. Which actions or sensations caused the emotions? 

Discover the action of the sea to display an emotion or mood. Like a photograph, a concrete image in words evokes an experience.

Do you feel a foreboding or the magic? 

Near the seawall, feathered by the flannel of clouds, someone scattered ashes. 

Bring your readers into an awareness. Write to leave them wanting more.

Readers deepen their own experience by journeying into the details. Let them smell the breeze, feel the salt of the sea and hear a rush of wings in the sky.

 Write to draw the reader into the approach of darkness. What stimulates fear or curiosity?


Creative Write:  Select three situations that caused a feeling of love, fear, anxiety, or joy. Describe them in detail and action.  Use metaphors to reveal, show and feel. Avoid using abstract words.  

Launch the reader on a sea of discovery.