Do they really help set the scene or just block some of the reader´s imaginative flow?
Take the following example.
Scene : An old woman and a young boy are sharing a train compartment.
He turned on his mp3 player, the music blaring in the silent compartment. She looked across at him, her face screwed up like a piece of old newspaper. ¨Would you keep it down!¨.
OR
He turned on his mp3 player, the music blaring in the silent compartment. She looked across at him. ¨Would you keep it down!¨
For me, the little newspaper addition gives me quite a nice visual, however I could probably imagine it without the analogy included.
Anyway, I am looking forward to your ideas. See if you can guess the following analogies. Feel free to post your own!
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Analogies keep the scene real! I dropped in from The Smitten Image. This is a very interesting topic you're approaching.
Like a (fish) out of water and a fly on the wall?
Don't have a clue about the cow.
Interesting topic! :]
Hey Lia. Here are the answers!
1) A duck to water
2) A bull in a china shop
3) A moth to a flame.
i love analogies or metaphors....they make me keep reading and wanting more :)
Analogies can be wonderful and colourful but can easily be overdone. I've put books down because I've felt that an author is just trying to prove how flowery she/he can make their words rather than portray a the precise image. Love the visuals. I would have thought that the first one was "Like water rolling off a duck's back" Fun stuff
Oh! Haha, I was quite off :]
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