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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING Author Virginia Hamilton writes: "Capturing an event through descriptive writing involves paying close attention to the details by using all of your five senses." DESCRIPTIVE WRITING This is the oldest cliché of the writing profession, and I wish I didn't have to repeat it. Do not tell me that the Thanksgiving dinner was cold. Show me the grease turning white as it congeals around the peas on your plate. . . . Think of yourself as a movie director. You have to create the scene that the viewer will relate to physically and emotionally." (David R. Williams, Sin Boldly!: Dr. Dave's Guide To Writing The College Paper. Basic Books, 2009) SOME USEFUL TIPS… using too many For Example: adjectives and adverbs can She walked actually weaken smoothly. your writing. Always look for She glided. the most concise, specific way to describe something SOME USEFUL TIPS… similes can be For Example: particularly effective for When he told me description as he loved me my they evoke heart melted like familiar a popsicle on the connections. 4th of July. That being said, try to avoid clichés Appealin EXERCISE #1 g to the senses…
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