Creative Writing: Description
In fiction writing, description is used to engage readers, to enable readers to view a scene, an experience or a person. Description helps readers to envision what you, as a writer, are saying, whether it is an event you remember or something you have entirely made up.
So that is the focus of this writing exercise—description. Please select one of the following:
- Describe a person you admire, showing how you feel without stating it directly (do not say, “I admire Anna because she is always nice”—describe what makes Anna so admirable).
- Describe your favorite place—or your least favorite place.
- For an even bigger challenge, write a description of a person who seems to be one thing, but gives hints of something quite different underneath.
HINT: Remember that we are focusing on full description today, making sure readers have a complete picture of the person/place you are writing about—so try to use detail in your description; for example, if you are describing a person, illustrate his/her personality, experiences, facial expressions, clothing, background, family life, career (or career aspirations), etc. through the use of vivid imagery (consider the five senses); try to even add a simile or a metaphor or two…
BE CREATIVE! HAVE FUN!
Creative Writing: Description
In fiction writing, description is used to engage readers, to enable readers to view a scene, an experience or a person. Description helps readers to envision what you, as a writer, are saying, whether it is an event you remember or something you have entirely made up.
So that is the focus of this writing exercise—description. Please select one of the following:
- Describe a person you admire, showing how you feel without stating it directly (do not say, “I admire Anna because she is always nice”—describe what makes Anna so admirable).
- Describe your favorite place—or your least favorite place.
- For an even bigger challenge, write a description of a person who seems to be one thing, but gives hints of something quite different underneath.
HINT: Remember that we are focusing on full description today, making sure readers have a complete picture of the person/place you are writing about—so try to use detail in your description; for example, if you are describing a person, illustrate his/her personality, experiences, facial expressions, clothing, background, family life, career (or career aspirations), etc. through the use of vivid imagery (consider the five senses); try to even add a simile or a metaphor or two…
BE CREATIVE! HAVE FUN!
Creative Writing: Description
In fiction writing, description is used to engage readers, to enable readers to view a scene, an experience or a person. Description helps readers to envision what you, as a writer, are saying, whether it is an event you remember or something you have entirely made up.
So that is the focus of this writing exercise—description. Please select one of the following:
- Describe a person you admire, showing how you feel without stating it directly (do not say, “I admire Anna because she is always nice”—describe what makes Anna so admirable).
- Describe your favorite place—or your least favorite place.
- For an even bigger challenge, write a description of a person who seems to be one thing, but gives hints of something quite different underneath.
HINT: Remember that we are focusing on full description today, making sure readers have a complete picture of the person/place you are writing about—so try to use detail in your description; for example, if you are describing a person, illustrate his/her personality, experiences, facial expressions, clothing, background, family life, career (or career aspirations), etc. through the use of vivid imagery (consider the five senses); try to even add a simile or a metaphor or two…
BE CREATIVE! HAVE FUN!