5 Ways To Find The Best Form Of Your Scene
The first piece of advice most people will give you when you’re struggling with a difficult scene is to vary the three ingredients of perspective: tense, person, and point of view.
The first piece of advice most people will give you when you’re struggling with a difficult scene is to vary the three ingredients of perspective: tense, person, and point of view.
Some writers automatically reach for similes and metaphors at the first opportunity, while others don’t have the instinct to involve figurative language unless prompted by an outside force. Neither side is wrong, and while similes and metaphors are valuable tools, it’s worth noting that, like all tools, they need to be used in the right circumstances. A boring detail expanded via metaphor just makes for a longer duration of boredom, and a complex idea that isn’t actually simplified by its simile is likely to become more confusing.
Similes and metaphors are both figures of speech that involve describing something in relation to something else. This is what’s happening when the Brothers Grimm describe Snow White as having, ‘Skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony.’
Synecdoche is a figure of speech where a part of something is used to represent the whole. For example, a person might say, ‘Check out my new wheels,’ with the car’s wheels being used as a figure of speech that represents the whole vehicle.
Have any questions? We are always open to talk about your writing, publishing projects, creative opportunities and how we can help you.