Today we are going to talk about some of the more fun and interesting things you can do to your writing to jazz it up.
This will get into some intermediate level stuff and take you back to some of your old english classes.
I know for some of you that will be like pulling the teeth of a wounded elephant without getting injured yourself by its bucking and kicking.
So we have something of a challenge on our hands dont we.
Hopefully you noticed what I did in the sentence about the wounded elephant.
No I am NOT TELLING you "dont think of a pink elephant".
We have all done that trick to friends and family and gotten stellar results. Why?
Because the conscious mind doesn't recognize the negatives, words like "not". SO it strips away the "dont" and all that's left is the COMMAND "think of a pink elephant".
Many magicians, illusionists, and excellent performers will use this proven psychological technique to sway the audience and lead them in the direction they want the audience to go.
The sentence about the elephant bucking when you look at it closely is what's called a SIMILE. Similes use the word "like" or "as" to compare to seemingly dissimilar things.
In the sentence I wrote it compared you going back to your old english classes in your mind with pulling the teeth of an unruly, huge and potentially dangerous elephant.
Because that is the level of interest and affinity you had for your old english classes. Many of you would rather pull elephant teeth than go back to english because you just hated it so much.
Another great tool to real spruce up and make your writing exciting is the metaphor. It can be very graphic, vivid, thought provoking, and imagination churning.
Metaphor is when you tell a mini story that compares 2 seemingly dissimilar things. Sounds familiar doesn't it.
That's because it is similar to a SIMILE. The difference is that it doesnt use like or as, the same way that a water buffalo doesnt use humor or negotiation but bitterness and surliness to fend off predators and unwanted approachers.
In a way women have adapted the water buffalo techniques when they deal with that unwanted approach from the nerdy, ugly or socially awkward guy that musters up the courage to approach.
She shoots the evil eye, perhaps even turns away right as he is about to open.
IN the previous sentences I have compared water buffalo to a simile and male/female interaction to the water buffalo's interaction. All of those are clear metaphors that get you thinking about 2 seemingly unrelated things in a meaningful way your mind can use.
The mind is little more than an associative machine. It is always looking to link and associate new information you receive to existing memories/feelings already in there. It does this to get meaning from things you already "understand".
Use these techniques in your writing and you will better connect with your readers and have a greater positive impact on them.
This will get into some intermediate level stuff and take you back to some of your old english classes.
I know for some of you that will be like pulling the teeth of a wounded elephant without getting injured yourself by its bucking and kicking.
So we have something of a challenge on our hands dont we.
Hopefully you noticed what I did in the sentence about the wounded elephant.
No I am NOT TELLING you "dont think of a pink elephant".
We have all done that trick to friends and family and gotten stellar results. Why?
Because the conscious mind doesn't recognize the negatives, words like "not". SO it strips away the "dont" and all that's left is the COMMAND "think of a pink elephant".
Many magicians, illusionists, and excellent performers will use this proven psychological technique to sway the audience and lead them in the direction they want the audience to go.
The sentence about the elephant bucking when you look at it closely is what's called a SIMILE. Similes use the word "like" or "as" to compare to seemingly dissimilar things.
In the sentence I wrote it compared you going back to your old english classes in your mind with pulling the teeth of an unruly, huge and potentially dangerous elephant.
Because that is the level of interest and affinity you had for your old english classes. Many of you would rather pull elephant teeth than go back to english because you just hated it so much.
Another great tool to real spruce up and make your writing exciting is the metaphor. It can be very graphic, vivid, thought provoking, and imagination churning.
Metaphor is when you tell a mini story that compares 2 seemingly dissimilar things. Sounds familiar doesn't it.
That's because it is similar to a SIMILE. The difference is that it doesnt use like or as, the same way that a water buffalo doesnt use humor or negotiation but bitterness and surliness to fend off predators and unwanted approachers.
In a way women have adapted the water buffalo techniques when they deal with that unwanted approach from the nerdy, ugly or socially awkward guy that musters up the courage to approach.
She shoots the evil eye, perhaps even turns away right as he is about to open.
IN the previous sentences I have compared water buffalo to a simile and male/female interaction to the water buffalo's interaction. All of those are clear metaphors that get you thinking about 2 seemingly unrelated things in a meaningful way your mind can use.
The mind is little more than an associative machine. It is always looking to link and associate new information you receive to existing memories/feelings already in there. It does this to get meaning from things you already "understand".
Use these techniques in your writing and you will better connect with your readers and have a greater positive impact on them.
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