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Posted By: paulb descriptive writing - 12/01/00 10:40 AM
For the sheer joy of descriptive writing, may I share this sentence with you all?:

" … Barbara was standing beside the car on the other side of the road, teaching the street lamps to shine tenderly."
[Amy Witting, The visit]





Posted By: Brandon Re: descriptive writing - 12/01/00 06:20 PM
teaching the street lamps

Wow. I've always found street lamps to be a little hardheaded. After reflecting on it a few moments, I'd argue that though there is a light on upstairs, it doesn't mean anybody is home. Illuminating metaphor, is it not? Or perhaps I am not convincing. Maybe I should switch my approach.

Brandon

Posted By: belMarduk Re: descriptive writing - 12/02/00 03:29 AM
tsk, tsk Brand. That wasn't too bright. Let Paulb have his moment in the spotlight. It'll give him a chance to shine.

Posted By: TEd Remington Re: descriptive writing - 12/03/00 10:06 AM
>tsk, tsk Brand. That wasn't too bright. Let Paulb have his moment in the spotlight. It'll give him a chance to shine.

Or to come down off from Macchu Pichu. An incan-descent???

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