Add Spice to Writing

 

Add spice and imagery to your writing by avoiding worn out modifiers and phrases.When you write an overused image like blue sky consider what else you could use in sound, scent or taste or texture to pique the reader's curiosity and gain attention. 

Notice the difference in imagery:

a broken tool             half a pair of scissors


a rusted car              Cadillac dappled with rust

beautiful woman      She had a piano player's fingers

quiet day                   even the birds overslept

good friend               tasty as triple chocolate cake


Try these:  summer day, hot morning, wet dress, cheeping bird, frustration, anger, anxiety. 

Where will you go with sensory metaphors today?