Focus on Imagery
2.1
Open a book not intended to be a work of imagination. Identify abstractions, generalizations, and judgements. Pick 2 or 3 of them and invent an image that suggests each word. This is a sense impression, not a definition.
2.2
Begin with the largest general category you can that of- food, mineral, animal . Theh narrow the category step by step until you have a single detailed image. without naming the quality, Can you mate the image suggest an idea or direct our attitude toward the thing you described?
2.3
Pick a vivid passage and spoil it by replacing specific details with generalization, and judgements, Trade with another person and create a new and different passage by replacing generalizations with your own sensory details. Compare the results
2.4
write down a bumper sticker you like. Describe the car that its on, Open the door. describe the Smells and textures Name 3 objects you find. Name a 4th object that you're surprised to find. Here comes the owner. Describe them. what do they say?
2.5
write this poem. The 1st line consists of an abstraction , plus a verb, plus a place. The 2nd line describes attire. The 3rd line summarizes an action, Let it flow, don't worry too much about mating sense.
2.6
Quickly list as many clicked metaphors you can think of Then switch around the comparisons-Some of these may be fresh and apt. This will also help you to become aware of cliches and avoid them!
2.7
write about something banal You've done in the past few days. Then replace several nouns with other nouns that are in some way extreme or inappropriate to the subject, Find anything interesting?
2.8
write a paragraph about a thrilling or anguishing experience from your childhood or adolescence, Evoke the emotion you felt in images of all 5 Senses -Allow yourself whatever personification, Metaphor, or simile occurs to You, no malter how extreme.
2.9
write a paragraph or poem exploring your relationship with an animal or machine. Describe the animal or machine using at least 3 senses.
2.10
write a dialogue between 2 people one on a cell phone, the other on a landline. They disagree about something. Develop the disagreement with concrete details. we should learn where each of them is.
