Here are 5 tips for writing memorable places and characters:
- Use great (not merely ‘nice’) adjectives.
- Use describing words that show more than appearance.
- Practice how to filter place and character description through a character’s viewpoint.
- Build descriptions over the course of your story.
Likewise, how do you describe places in a novel?
Try these 6 tips:
- Describe place through characters’ senses.
- Include time period in description.
- Include small-scale changes in time.
- Show how characters feel about your setting.
- Keep setting description relevant to the story.
- Make a list of adjectives to describe your story locations.
Subsequently, question is, how do you describe a nice view? Here are some adjectives for view: financial or pecuniary, excellent uninterrupted, obvious and uncomplicated, swift panoramic, fine panoramic, excellent nether, beautiful panoramic, healthily paranoid, broader, forward-looking, broader, overall, breathtaking panoramic, comic and wholly philosophic, usually
Then, how do you describe a place in detail?
A list of useful words for describing cities, towns and countries.
- ancient – a place that has a long history.
- beautiful – very pleasing on the eye.
- boring – dull and not very interesting.
- bustling – a crowded, busy place.
- charming – nice, very pleasing.
- contemporary – modern, very up to date.
How do you begin a story?
News for Authors
- Start in the Middle. If you don’t know where to start, don’t bother deciding right now.
- Start Small and Build Up.
- Incentivize the Reader.
- Commit to a Title Up Front.
- Create a Synopsis.
- Allow Yourself to Write Badly.
- Make Up the Story as You Go.
- Do the Opposite.