Tip 11
Write with your /21th Century BreakdownYay for descriptive writing. *throws some ribbons*
In order to let your readers know and have the picture of the scene you are talking about, you gotta rely on your descriptive writing. This is not a drama, so there's nothing to see.
I personally find it very annoying when I'm reading and suddenly a picture comes out. And the caption at the bottom probably reads "You're wearing this top and this skirt in the next picture." Wow, thanks. I get the whole picture now. I mean, why can't you describe it? A frily baby blue dress with laces at the hems? Blood red pumps? Waist high navy blue skirt with a simple brown belt? Spiky jet black hair? Ash brown hair that is styled with a perm? A checkered button down with a pair or Levi Jeans? You see it?
Learn how to describe. The scene outside your window, your wardrobe today, the guy's clothing and accessories, hair, the car, the shopping mall, everything. Mentally say it in your head, practice more. Learn the different colours(maroon, magenta, turquoise, teal, rose), textures (soft, rough, smooth, silk, cotton, nylon) etc.
Let me give you an example.
Amin is wearing a black dress with tiny white floral prints, complete with a cowboy hat and boots. So how does she look like? This, probably.
Rina is wearing her favourite winter clothes. She wears a Santa elf inspiried jacket lined with fur and black leggings, completing her look with a chic Chanel bag. (it probably isn't chanel) Pic
Two friends are hanging out together. Joah wears a simple white shirt and jacket with a beige brown miniskirt while her friend wears a white shirt with a yellow cardigan with some denim shorts. pic
Another thing is that, do not overdescribe. I myself, often make this mistake, and I'm trying to throw some adjectives away.
When I was in primary school, the teachers would ask us to expand the sentences, make it into a 'better' one. So, from
This is a pencil.
we go to
This is a blunt blue pencil.
And the teacher would give us tiny ticks on the top of the adjectives.
When describing a room, do not tell everything. You can say
the person pushes open the metal door, the smell of the freshly painted walls invade his senses. He steps in slowly on the concrete floor, careful not to stain them. He counts the plastic tables that were in the classroom, adding up to 35 in total.
And so on.
Some of the above may be overly descriptive, but that's okay, because I want us to improve =]
Meanwhile, read this unnie's crack fic. The Chronicles of B.A.P' Rear Ends. Other than being funny, her vocab is huge (not childish like mine. there were tons of words that I had to search up because I didn't understand) and you'll know why descriptive writing is important =]
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