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 chapter deals with:
Houses and Scenery
The best way to describe a house is to flick through an (online) architectural magazine. The second best is to read on.
- The walls were covered in rich, black wallpaper that exhibited a shimmering, barely perceptible pattern in the winking candlelight.
- Depression glass candleholders stood on the shelf.
- Along the far, short wall was a wide, polished, walnut, rectangular table.
- Their footsteps echoed on the travertine floors.
- All the paint chips he had been forced to stare at had driven him crazy.
- The interior was cuter still, with wooden floors polished to a warm honey-gold and exposed brick walls showcasing vintage travel posters.
- The room was perfect for sit-downs that didn’t call for the formality of a conference room.
- The room had seamless windows and a breathtaking view of the park.
- The polished marble flooring gleamed in the full sun.
- Blue plaid curtains accented with a soft beige draped the windows.
- He touched the rain-streaked pane.
- A smattering of trees met his gaze.
- He saw a pretty jut of cliffs upholstered with wild grass.
- The tower lorded over the seaside village.
- Ladders slid on oiled rollers from one section to the next. Bookcases lined each level, from floor to molding.
- The garden was redolent with the scent of gardenias.
- The central desk looked like a cresting wave, scooped up from a thick base on one side, its leading edge flattening to form a workspace.
- Brocaded chairs topped by soft throws lined the wall.
- One section of the gate rolled on a rail to the side and another could be raised and lowered.
- Their footsteps echoed on the gold-veined marble flooring.
- A wet bar was tucked into an alcove. Another wall was nothing but floor-to-ceiling plate-glass windows with French doors.
- Original works of art hung placed on recession-lit walls.
- She touched the embroidered fingertip towels.
- He gazed at the slow-paddling ceiling fans.
- Behind elegant banisters, platform walkways permitted catwalk access on the second and third levels.
- It was a grand two-story home, painted a pristine white and fronted by tall shrubs that sheltered most of the columned porch from view.
- Shining hardwood floors graced a large open space furnished as a combination living and dining area.
- The ceilings were open, the rafters exposed.
- The porch was narrow, but the second story of the cottage pitched over it and provided much welcome cover.
- The shutters outside were open to the sun’s indifferent reach, and dawn streaked in.
- Simple railing emerged from the wraparound veranda without any architectural artifice.
- Two enormous English elms flanked the old manor. Their bowing branches arched elegantly over it, bobbing in the gentle breeze.
- The furniture is old-world, sumptuous and expensive, like the authentic tufted Chesterfield sofa.
- Trees with skeletal limbs, badly in need of a trim, scraped against slate, like oaken nails on the lid of a coffin.
- He looked at the fancy balusters, like young girls at their first dance, all curves and waists and giggles.
- Paintings in vibrant colors covered walls, like small windows into faraway scenery.
- Five interior poles held up the roof of the command tent, a standard issue square block of pale canvas. Scraps of rope tied open the doors to admit morning light and a hint of breeze rustled the maps and missives littering the long table. The chief’s sturdy chair stood in a corner, stacked with slightly crumpled, rolled documents, a clear indication that the man preferred to stand.
- The road coughed them out into a clearing set beside standing water.
- High trees brooded over the night, keeping back the moon’s shine.
- Lilacs scented the warm air; honeybees droned their busy song while picking over those late-summer blooms. Mosquitoes planned attacks from the overgrown grass.
Next week: Hunger, drinks, and food. View all posts on the subject, or buy the book on Amazon – free on KU!
Much apreciated sir. As ever, a veritable trove of goodly ideas, jump-off points and inspiration. I thank you humbly.x
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A pleasure, my dear Satyr 🙂
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Here are more helpful tips from Nicholas Rossis’ blog from his book Emotional Beats. This one is on houses and scenery.
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Another part of the book I refer to often!
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Yay 😀
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