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🍊Clarissa Silverhart🍊

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Beer sprayed in all directions like an acrobat taking a piss, and both parties were soaked and reeking.

an actual sentence that I actually wrote once.

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At long last, I’ve finished my first character expression sheet! I’m so proud of myself; consistency in design is something I’ve always struggled with, but I’m so in love with this!! 😊💛

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“My whole being calls for an act of violence, but I still use velvet gloves.”

— Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary; 1939-1947

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Creative Writing Hack:

Never describe something that’s not there. Describe what IS there.

DON’T: There were no trees as far as the eye could see.

DO: Flat planes rolled as far as the eye could see.

DON’T: Unlike the others, he wasn’t covered head-to-toe in scars.

DO: Unlike the others, his skin was pristine and untouched.

See, if you place a noun in your sentence (trees, for example) your reader will instantly imagine trees, regardless of whether you’re describing trees or lack thereof.

In other words, this is what you’re doing to your reader:

I see this done so often, even by professional authors. It’s not even technically a mistake nor is it grammatically incorrect so it often goes unnoticed by editors. It’s just a neat trick to gain better command of your reader’s interpretation of what you’re describing.

Keep in mind, this doesn’t always apply. There are words in the English that feature a noun and yet are literally used to describe lack thereof, (Shirtless, Colourless, etc) and though you could probably write a really nice description that eliminates those kinds of words too, you absolutely DO NOT have to stop using them. Just keep in mind that for sentences with maximum effect, describe what’s there, not what’s missing.