Emotional Beats: Driving

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driving, Emotional Beats, emotions, feelings, Writing

Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, continuing Part 3 of the book: Other Beats. This one deals with:

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I’m sure you can drive just fine. But how easy do you find it to describe your character’s driving? These might help.

He cut across three lanes of traffic, careening over the median to speed back in the other direction.
She coasted the SUV out onto the road.
He backed out, hand on the gear shifter.
We swerved to the right as the back end of the SUV fishtailed until it came to a halt.
He jammed the car into gear and gunned the engine.
A red traffic light stopped us.
A cab screeched to the curb.
He turned into [name of] Street, tires screeching in protest.
She pulled onto a sandy road going off into the desert.
The truck bounced over the rutted road.
The tires screeched as the truck careened to a stop.
The truck peeled out of the driveway. She opened it up on the main road.
She hauled the steering wheel to the left as her right tires careened down the incline.
Flying through the maze of trees, we hung a sharp right.
She parked the truck in the gravel patch.
Traction caught and the car lurched forward.
He mashed the brake to the floor.
He stifled the engine’s growl and flung his door open.
The smell of burped gasoline stung her nose.
First gear submitted with a painful grind.
The driver’s door gave up a squeaky yawn and spit him onto his feet.
A black Model T Ford skulked in the tall grass beside the lane.
A dark Victorian villa cast invisible hands toward our car, luring us nice and snug against the curb out front.