The subject is vivid imagery
I was asked recently by a poet how to bring more vivid imagery
into his writing. So you want to use vivid imagery in your
writing? Well first in order to write using vivid imagery you
are going to visualize your subject matter. Close your eyes and
put yourself right there in the scene.
Say you are writing about the ocean. Describe the sound of the
waves, describe the sky, and describe the rocks. Do you see the
shoreline? Are there any birds in your picture that you are
creating in your mind? Is the ocean calm? Give life to the
ocean, make it come alive. Play it through your mind like a
movie and tell me in great detail what it is you see when you
have your eyes closed. Imagine the gentle waves washing over the
golden sands of the shore, the calm ocean gloriously tinted by
the setting sun. In the peaceful, warm water there is fish
swimming around and around or perhaps you are picturing
something different. The key to writing using vivid imagery is
to close your eyes and just let yourself daydream. Poets and
writers are daydreamers. Close your eyes and picture your
subject and then don