My Love Affair with Diction
I love words. Obviously. But I'm on a mission to vary my diction -- my choice of words in my writing. As my editor will attest, I tend to latch on to a word or words during a manuscript and refuse to let go (my favorites tend to be again, smile, etc.).
So here are some words for slow movements I'm working toward using in my latest MS:
creep
plod
slouch
lumber
tiptoe
bend
amble
saunter
loiter
stray
stalk
heave
sneak
stagger
lope
waddle
drag
sway
lift
I want to work in these sight descriptive words:
blotched
wrinkled
mottled
sparkling
iridescent
gauzy
shabby
ramshackle
lithe (already used this one, I think)
I need to work on some taste and smell words, too, especially since I have a coastal setting in sections.
Do you have "favorite" words you latch on to?
So here are some words for slow movements I'm working toward using in my latest MS:
creep
plod
slouch
lumber
tiptoe
bend
amble
saunter
loiter
stray
stalk
heave
sneak
stagger
lope
waddle
drag
sway
lift
I want to work in these sight descriptive words:
blotched
wrinkled
mottled
sparkling
iridescent
gauzy
shabby
ramshackle
lithe (already used this one, I think)
I need to work on some taste and smell words, too, especially since I have a coastal setting in sections.
Do you have "favorite" words you latch on to?
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posted by Linda Winfree at 4:01 PM
1Comments:
Holy cow, I've got LOTS...no TONS of words I latch onto. I also have certain "descriptions" I latch onto -- especially when it comes to emotion.
I'm too exhausted from the last few weeks to dig them out at the moment, but know you are not alone, Lin. Diction freshness is a constant battle.
And those are some awesome verbs you've got there for one movement "move slowly". That would be a really super resource to have for commonly used verbs (If anyone had the inclination to sit down and compile them...maybe a computer programmer or something...definitely not any writer I know.)
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