Saturday, 11 July 2015

On Writing: Imagery 2

Mental pictures that inspire
Like painting, or sculpture, works through the five senses.
A sustained moving picture that’s real, alive.

Images are the opposite of thought
Be too visual, make it easy for the reader to see.

How do writers use thoughts, then, in their work?
Sparingly.
Thoughts distance us from images
like the voice-over in a movie.

The images aren’t decorative.
The images are how a character
Sees, feels, exists, moves in the world.

Creative writing relies on images: three-dimensional

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