 Horror/Scary: September 06, 2017 Issue [#8475] |
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This week: Choosing The Right Word Edited by: W.D.Wilcox  
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CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORD
Mark Twain once said: "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug."
I read slow. I write slow. My life as a writer is a constant learning experience. I read slow because I don't want to miss any clever trick or word the author uses. I write slow because I am always looking for that perfect phrase or nuance that puts the reader into the story.
You could write, 'His eyes looked sad." But what if you said, 'The look in his eyes was agony.' or 'His eyes wept anguish.'
I like to create an image in the readers mind, much like watching a movie but done only with words -- the right words. Her eyes are white, rolled back in her head. Her lips are slightly open. Drool moistens the corners of her mouth and glints on her perfect chin. Can you see it? How about describing someone? You don't have to say the kid was fat. Instead create an image: He was the fat kid with his face eternally pressed against the candy store window.
When you think about creating that image rather than just telling about it, you set mind-pictures for the reader. They can see it, smell it, feel it. I awoke to a perfect morning. The sky was a deep turquoise; the sun was a sharp, blood-red stone set within. or Yellow-brown clouds hung in tatters from a rotten burlap sky.
"The life of a writer lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception and memory combined with the sensitivity to what is perceived and remembered."
-Dan Simmons
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DEAD LETTERS
Shannon 
Screams:
Jeez! That is, hands down, the grossest newsletter I've ever read. Nicely done! 
Noyoki 
Reminds:
Thank you for the news letter. You might like the show Monsters Inside Us. It reminded me of that.
Quick-Quill 
Queries:
I've been watching the H.H.Holmes as Jack the Ripper series. One of the comments in this weeks segment was about the fact H.H. may have put bodies into barrels filled them with cement from the factory he bought and then dumped them in the Chicago River. His grandson stated since there were no WORMS or GERMS to assist in the deterioration of the bodies, if they found any containers, the likelihood of finding body parts in tact are pretty good.
I am fascinated with this documentary and have thought HH may have been Jack the Ripper from the beginning,Now that time elements show its possible the horror of his murders is even more unique.
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