Friday, September 10, 2010

Am I The Only One?

Who has trouble coming up with creative ways to describe ordinary actions? I find my characters do a lot of "looking" and "smiling" and "frowning", and when they're done boring themselves silly with that, they go "walking".

Anyone else struggle with this? I'm pretty proficient with dialogue. I can crank out some decent narrative, but when it comes to things like:

"Put the gun down!" Harry screamed, looking at Mike.

Mike smiled. "Nah. I think I'm gonna watch you die."

It just needs some oomph. Any suggestions on how to spruce up common actions?
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2010 at 12:55 PM

    "Put the gun down!" Harry screamed, with his trembling eyes glaring at Mike :)

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2010 at 12:56 PM

    oh wait...that was from me Cheryl

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