Writing Tips: From Boring to Bold
We’ve all been there. You’ve written a story, and although you’re certain that the ideas and the characters are a hit, the writing just doesn’t seem to do them justice.
You scratch your head a few times. You start to get that uncomfortable feeling in your belly — perhaps I’m not good at writing after all. Perhaps I should just bin it.
But before you screw up the paper, or click the little x without saving, I urge you to think again. Perhaps all that needs to happen in order to bring your writing to life is to play around with your word choice and sentence structure.
Tip 1: Consider your verb choices
Take a look at the following dull paragraph.
If we consider the verbs: walked, opened, retrieved, looked, and so on, we find that none of them bring the character or setting to life. Let’s just take a look at one of the verbs: walked.
