For this month I am recalling some good advice that was given to me many moons ago by Neville Briggs - 'Show - don't tell' or words along that line and I thought that here is an ideal opportunity to put that advice into use - so for this month let us see if we are able to 'show' our readers the view from our window.
What do you see when you gaze outside - we all tend to take the everyday things for granted don't we - but go have another look and really open your eyes and take in what you see and then imagine that you were having to detail that to a person who was vision impaired.... what would you tell them, how would you describe the colour of the sky? Blue doesn't cut it does it? But if you said it was as blue as your Mother's eyes, or 'forget me not' blue then that is altogether different.
Here are some ideas that might set your Muse on its way - use them if you choose.
The witchery of the soft blue sky
painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time
gray clouds hang heavy with misery
clouds shift and drift and beg interpretation
tonight is a gusty, hurrying night
Sad faces are reflected in the windows glass
Mother Nature's tears dribble down a window pane
Go work your magic my lovelies
