is your writing dry?
To write is human.
Not all writing is human though.
The best writers hit the head and the heart.
Sometimes even the body.
Suddenly, you can…
see the chaos erupting on the battle field
hear the horses whinnying in terror
taste gritty cannon smoke
feel deep grief
If you pay attention to your body, you’d notice you were
tensing your muscles
holding your breath
tuning out everything around you
Words have the power to create a sensory and physical experience.
Why?
First, the brain receives information.
It processes it and sends signals to nerves and muscles.
Then the body will run, weep, or laugh.
Did you know your writing has the power to do that?
And you already have what you need.
5 ways to humanize your writing
FEELINGS
the experience of intangibles, like the SMELL of roses
GRAMMAR
the way the sentences TOUCH to form paragraphs
IDEAS
the way you narrate; give a TASTE of what’s possible
IMAGES
what the words make us SEE with our imagination
LANGUAGE
the SOUND of words together
Great writing is built on the senses.
Tune into your senses.
Build patterns around them.
Write using patterns.
Write to make someone feel something.
How can you train to look for patterns in your every day?
