In Lesson #88, Darcie discussed description. She asked a very important question: what is the ROLE of your description? Description – like most tools in the belt of a creative writer – is meant to be used intentionally. Describing abstract places, people, events, and items is booooooooring. And in today’s day and age, it’s extraordinarily […]
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Lesson #92: Exercises for Description
In Lesson #88, Darcie talked about describing a scene. Find an image of a well-known painting, person, place, or character. Write out a description of the image without identifying who or what it is. Only give yourself about ten minutes to write out the description. When you are done, find an unsuspecting victim, give them […]
Lesson 113: What is Action?
Action [ak-shunn] – noun The process or state of acting or being active (Hey! Wait a minute here, didn’t we all learn in school that you never use the word in the definition? What’s up, Dictionary.com?) Something done or performed An act that one consciously wills and may be characterized by physical or mental […]
Lesson #116 – ACTION: Action that Fits the Story/Characters
This lesson is exciting to me. Why? Because we get to talk about action. I LOVE action in stories. Action is exciting. But I’m not just talking about nuclear bombs going off. 🙂 Action can simply be a person riding a bike. Just like in the picture shown. Darcie has done a great job explaining […]
Lesson #117: Exercises for Action
Lesson #113: Study the picture below. Write a scene describing the action. You CANNOT say: The dog jummped and grabbed the frisbee. BORING! When you are done with you scene, read it out loud to someone else. Do NOT show them the picture befure you read. After you read your action scene, have them tell […]