Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Axe Adjectives


Avoid the use of adjectives to describe. If you wish to gain the reader's attention, show an action. Why and how does an event occur? Reveal it in detail like a photographer or painter.
Watch a sunset for beautiful and express its qualities. Search for metaphors and similes. Do the ridges appear like fans or curtains and then what? Does a scent arouse attention?  Reveal how the sound of dew hitting the rose ping or pop or snuggle the petals. 
Sense of focus and specificity intrigue. Express the opposite of beauty to enrich the experience. Create an image that reveals a judgment. Include weeds that blossom and stretch themselves beyond the concrete? 

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Active verbs move sentences
Sentence variety relieves the reader
Tickles with metaphor engages communication
Oh !  get rid of adjectives and adverbs
Nourish with wonder 
Ignore words like beautiful
Simple works
Help the reader into your story


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Astonish with verbs

Startle with a noun

       Tickle with metaphors

Out with the adjectives and adverbs

    Nurture the reader

   Design sentences


Notice where metaphorical thinking connects to a secret inside not yet explored.
   Trace the ridges and boundaries. Dip into the center.
       Unfold, release, relent to your imagination.

Delve into your concept of beauty and communicate it to the reader with description.
Let it fly. Axe adjectives.

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