When I first read the book The Catcher in the Rye, I was fascinated by the straightforwardly simple expression of writing which is also rooted in the emotional depths rather than merely branching out from the surface. The range in which the thoughts and feelings are expressed in the book sounds simple enough for a layman but powerful enough to add into the favourites book list of Mr. Bill Gates himself.
Another example is the poetry of Rumi. Or, the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. Simple yet profound and deep.
If you have also read a book like this, you too would have experienced the same feeling in which there is much detail of thought and much elaboration of emotions underpinned into the words, something where a space of awareness is holding the strings of the thoughts rather than otherwise.
So, this gorgeous writing tool namely ‘Description’ helps you do just the same for your writing and for your thoughts in general. Once you have the space cleared for the scene to appear, and once the scene has appeared, it is now the time to describe this scene. Once you’ve allowed yourself to step into the scene and put on a pair of magnifying glasses, its now time to pay attention to the details. To describe all that you can in the scene, in words.
Tiny details, big details and everything in between. All of these.
"Step into a scene and let it drip from your fingertips." – MJ Bush
In her book Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott shares her experience of looking through the index cards to have a clear picture or a scene of what she was beginning to write.
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