nanowrimo_lj | New prompt! Writing with detail.

It's the let's-stare-at-images-and-describe-them game!

For full rules with examples, click here: http://community.livejournal.com/nanowrimo/1772564.html

This time, I was smart, and I grabbed a picture that's *not* from an anime. Instead, we will be using a piece of artwork I did a few years ago that has no relation to anything whatsoever.

First, look at the picture below. You will spend THREE MINUTES writing a list - note LIST - of every detail you see in the picture. And I do mean EVERYTHING. (Even my crappy Photoshop skills to fix the street, since the hard copy is laminated and shiny and my camera flash reflected on it.)

Next, spend FIVE MINUTES working these details into a descriptive paragraph. You can use any POV you wish, and you can introduce characters or a situation if the muse so moves you, but remember, your main purpose here is to PRACTICE YOUR DESCRIPTIVE WRITING.

Finally, spend THREE MINUTES looking for cliches and, if you find any, zapping 'em out of there and replacing them. Example: how many times have you heard of a "blood-red rose?" How many times have you heard of a "stormy-sunset rose?" First one: every bad romance novel ever written. Second one: my original fiction. Granted, it's not the best analogy out there, but it's at least got originality going for it.

And when you're all done, post your paragraph in the comments ^_^