Descriptive Writing 2

In the second part of the descriptive writing revision session we learned a few more techniques that could be used to raise your descriptive writing to a higher level.

Structure
A good structure provides shape to your writing. There are several ways in which you can structure your descriptive piece:

• location by location
• from inside to outside (or vice-versa)
• from then to now
• from the general to the particular

Theme
The reader of your descriptive piece needs to want to read your piece, they need to: be interested, engaged, and be able to relate to what you've written.

In order to ensure this you must write about something that they would enjoy reading about and make sure that your piece isn't just describing a scene - it must have an underlying theme. Professional writers never just write for the sake of describing and neither should you.

Download the lesson's powerpoint presentation for ideas on how to give your piece an underlying theme:

http://www.box.net/shared/u5y0ezuy50