FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Dec 6th, 2007 by admin in Hope, Writing

Not a big fan. 

I keep telling my students: write what your heart’s eyes see, for real.  Simplify. Focus on what’s in the scene, not the surface of the language. Don’t pile on these comparisons and jokes that yank us away from.  

We get all gunked up with figures—similes and metaphors straining and twitching. It’s like the work is wearing too much make up, too much jewelry. To the fourteen year old in us it looks beautiful, glittery.  To the adult, it’s just all wrong. Shorts and a nice shirt, please. 

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