how do i describe things in my writing?

Question

i am a writer and i don't seem to describe things well enough.could you tell me how to improve my describing skills.also n e writing tips will do. ♥

Answer 1

Well, I don't consider myself a writer anymore.. but when I used to write and I had a brain-fart this is what I would do: I would take a sheet of paper and think of some place gorgeous. The beach in Morocco.. or some exotic place, even if you havn't been there. Then try being elaborate as you can while describing the place. Almost as if a little child were going to read it. Afterwards, when you've completed and its to your satisfaction then you've just ace'd it! :] Try this exercise and you'll start to open your writing to a more creative, and extensive length

Answer 2

Describing things is done according to the way you want it to be, as words are a way of transmitting ideas from one to another, so when you descirbe something, you either tell it as you find it, or as you want the reader to feel it, know that everyone has a different ways of seeing things, it differs from a culture to another.

To describe a scene, or a person or an object, start with using attractive words, keys to the character or the scene, don't make your description very accurate, leave some space for the imagination of the reader to complete the image you give.

Try not to repeat words, also use uniformed words to make the description come out more like a poem.

Answer 3

+ Expand your vocabulary. Perhaps you are not using enough original adjectives, adverbs, or verbs?

+ Make sure that what you're describing can make a clear image in the reader's mind. If it can't, make sure that this is on purpose, to make someone think that your writing is ambiguous on purpose. If it's not on purpose, your writing's going to sound very unchallenging.

+ Refer to the five senses, but don't overuse this skill. If you describe everything in the terms of hearing, smelling, seeing, touching, and tasting, you are going to sound very weird and people will not bother to read all of your work.

+ Don't just use physical description. Sometimes how a thing looks like from the outside isn't important at all, and it's just the inside that counts. Place feelings in top priority because that is what's the most important and what readers like to read the most. Also, if you only use physical description people will think that all of your characters, even your main character, is very heartless and inhumane.

Overall, just make your writing sound like something that you would like to read. Good luck!

Answer 4

Use your five senses. Here's an example.

The river had a crisp feel in the air as I walked close by it and the water rushing around the rocks calmed my nerves. Ducks were swimming with their ducklings. Some on shore were quacking to each other. I looked beyond the river to find grassy green rolling plains that seemed to stretch on forever. It was calming. Everything bad just seemed to disappear as I got lost in my own tranquility.

I'm not a very good writer yet but I think you get the idea. You imagine it then you use your 5 senses to describe. Like you see a rock. It looks rough.....ect.....you know.

Answer 5

Use all five sences, you can lie a bit ( called artistic lincese) add things you feel would help.
(1) There was a table.
(2) There in the near dark room, stood a wobbly brown table, a ash tray stablizing one of it's old legs. The table was worn and that still smelled of the fish gutted on it the night before.

Now you not only see the table but get a image of where it might be and why, which builds upon the image you create in your mind.

Answer 6

When you're describing things in your writing, imagine you're describing them for the first time, patiently, to someone you love. Don't forget to tell the reader what your narrator is seeing, feeling, smelling, hearing and tasting. Always write from the heart with passion and be as honest as you can. Good luck!

Answer 7

Synesthesia is a competent technique. The term comes from a situation wherein particular stimuli are interpreted with the aid of the incorrect experience -- in different words in case you smelled, tasted, heard, or felt something particularly than in basic terms observed it. Bringing a seen component into the area of the different senses could make for some very memorable, very lyrical writing.

Answer 8

I don't really see how you can possibly by any stretch of the imagination consider yourself to be a writer, if you lack this basic skill. Perhaps you might consider channeling your energies in a different direction.I believe everyone is talented in some direction or other, I fear that writing is probably not your forte. Sorry to appear to be so negative.

Answer 9

Try to use the these elements

Smell
Taste
Sound
Feel
Looks

Like when describing a girl looking at the water, present tense, instead of saying, "The girl looks at the water" say, "As the young girl wearing a blue sweater looks at the water, the wind blew making her hair flow gently."

Answer 10

Try to communicate the message that you have to say .For example try taking your brother or sister and tell them something then ask questions to find out how much they understood of what you said .The secret is to see things from different points of veiw then the expression of ideas will come naturally .As usual this takes a lot of practice so be patient.