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Writespa #73 – Hey, Beautiful!



Writespa #73 – Hey, Beautiful! In my editing practice, two words that writers overuse when they’re describing characters they want to impress you with are “beautiful” and “handsome.” What, exactly, are they trying to say? What makes someone appear beautiful? Especially irritating to me is when an author writes: “She used to be beautiful, but now she had a few wrinkles arou [...]
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Nourish Your Writer’s Soul



Nourish Your Writer’s Soul Since spring is almost here, I’m offering “Writing through the year – Winter” as a free gift till March 21. Let me know if you’d like a copy – I’ll send you a SW coupon or the mobi file for your kindle. Here’s what it’s about: (more…)
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WriteSpa #31 – Elemental Beings



WriteSpa #31 – Elemental Beings WriteSpa – An Oasis for Writers When I was around seven years old, I remember visiting my grandmother, Ethel Cook Eliot, at her home in western Massachusetts. One night she sat on the edge of my bed and told me about some rain goblins she’d seen. She described them to me as about eight inches high, skinny, wrinkled, brown-skinned, and r [...]
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Practice: Description



Description evolves best from observation. Observation offers a way of watching your inner experiences reflected back in outer phenomena. Instead of writing “I felt gloomy,” you could write: “The clouds pressed in, prematurely darkening the bleak sky.” By strengthening your powers of observation you’ll be able to transform your plethora of co [...]
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Looking Out of a Window



Describe what you see out your window in minute detail. Do this at approximately the same time each day. Try to evoke a different mood on different days (gloomy, cheerful, excited…) just from the description itself – don’t mention any personal emotion.Describe what you see out your window in minute detail. Do this at approximately [...]
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A Rainy Afternoon



Describe a rainy afternoon without using the word rain or saying anything about how you feel. But as you describe the rainy afternoon create a mood so the reader knows EXACTLY how you are feeling.
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Self Portrait



Look in the mirror and describe yourself as though you were someone else – in the third person. Do this several times, at different times of the day: you might find you discover seven different people.
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The Home Buyer



Using details and interesting, unusual adjectives, describe a single room in your home from the point of view of someone who is considering purchasing the house and does not know you.
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