Blog #8

Blog #8: This blog has two parts: 1) Create metaphors as quickly as you can. Write down that one thing is another. Don’t censor yourself – have fun. Start with a noun. (For instance, a house is a cake. A house is a flower. A house is the wind. A house is a clock. A house is a salesman.) See how many things one thing can become. Some of your metaphors are bound to be striking and useful. 2) Create similes. What is something like? Come up with a list of nouns as sentence subjects, then finish the sentences. (For example: His hair felt like ___________. The dog looked like a _____________. The room smelled like ______________. The train sounded like ________________. Etc.) Ask yourself which comparisons work. There should be some similarity in the things compared, more so than in metaphors, which change one thing into another. Read your likenesses and assess them. Keep whatever works and consider using some of your similes or metaphors in your story.

1.)   The person is beautiful. The person is life. The person is courageous. The person is energetic. The person is the world. The person is a flower. The person is the sun. The person is loving. The person is tiny. The person is love.

2.)   Her hair felt like skin. She was brave as a lion. Bright as a button. Cold as stone. Smooth as glass.

Some metaphors and similes worked while other did not. I don't think I will be using any of the examples i just came up with in my story, but it was a helpful exercise to get me thinking about what similis and metaphors I can add into my short story.