To round out our month on topics to help bring your stories to life in your readers’ minds, I want to focus on original metaphors and similes. These turns of phrases and relational connections can create unique and one-of-a-kind sensations, emotions, sounds, and images just by using figurative language. But writers tend to write cliched metaphors and similes instead of stretching for a connection both original and on theme with what they are writing.
Category: Poetry
Write Better, Right Now: Replacing Sense Words
As writers, we have a tendency to just let it rip on the page. It’s what readers love, crave, and come to our writing for. But a lot of the time, letting it just rip without a bit of editing and trimming leaves cluttered and distanced writing when what we want is writing that brings the reader into the story fully and exactly how we want.
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Beginners’ Guide to Poetry and Fiction Forms and Genres
Over 20 different types of stories and poems to help guide you in deciding which is right for your piece.
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