Let’s talk writing for a bit. There are words for everything. One of the things I’ve always been fascinated about is how they are used. For instance, let’s consider your mouth and throat. If you swallow milk you “drink” it. If you swallow medium rare prime rib you “eat it.” If you need a pill for a headache, you “take it.” It’s all swallowing, but you can look at it from a different perspective with each word and be clear and specific. You can’t drink the prime rib, or take it. Same with the others, and there are numerous other examples of the same kind of word rules. That brings me to the point of this, because it demonstrates the idea of perspective in my mind. When you are in the middle of writing a scene, it may help if you look at it from a different action’s, or a different person’s, or a different location’s perspective. It may open up a whole new avenue of description for you…and a whole batch of new words to do it with.
Sometimes you are blessed with many different words for the same action. Walking down the road can be strode, tripped, meandered, plodded or any number of words for the same action depending on the image you want to create. Don’t forget to match the word to what you see in your mind for the scene. It gives a clearer picture and also breaks the monotonous tendency of using the same word for the action. Words are magical creatures that can literally come off the page when used right.
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