[Bridie]

Well in my opinion you dont want to be too flowery with your desciptions... Try cramming in as many adjectives as you can then removing the ones that arent neccessary. Not that im a genious or that you should listen to a word i say...

maybe taking a look around here

http://www.sffworld.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=10

thats a part of sffworld with tips for other writers.

[Dark_Shadows]

Thanks. Is it against the law to use a name from someone elses book?

[Bridie]

no but its ill-advised. I would not do that. youll just be accused of copying which is baaad.

[Jenny Lee]

Well... sometimes when I am writing for class or whatever that is hard for me to do as well. Somethings that might possibly help:
Look at an object and try to describe it... the color, shape, texture, etc. if it is an artwork you could try to determine what the artist might have wanted to convey through the piece
See a person you know and try to describe them, personality, looks, etc.
Read... there are some very discriptive authors out there... if you read books that descibe say a "flower" as "the golden petals stretched towards the sun like a child stretches out his hand to his mother for comfort"

Basically, just practice trying to describe things... When you are walking/driving anywhere just think of words to go with what your seeing.
Example: Denver Colorado... *describing the city*
"I have only been there a few times, but I remember starkly the air was clogged with the nausiating, dense smog. As we drove down Colfax Avenue I noticed the homeless holding up signs that were sometimes too hard to read because they had weathered in light of the elements. "

Finally, get a higher vocabulary... if you don't know the words how can you describe something. Just read something that you normally wouldn't. Classics, I find, are best. They generally use words that we don't hear on a regular basis.

I'll give you a list of classics to read in a moment...

[Dark_Shadows]

Okay I think I'll avoid copying names.


Thanks jenny lee, I didn't think about that. As for vocabulary I think I'll do pretty good, especially old time grammar.

[Dark_Shadows]

More questions:D Do you guys think I should come up with my own language to use in the book?

[Jenny Lee]

These authors are recommended by my brother:
The Borther's Karamazov and Crime and Punishment- by Dostoevsky

The Scarlet Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorne

And just because I love this book
The Count of Monte Cristo- by Alexandre Dumas


You should probably just stick with trying to write it... and not come up with a new language. That is another element that can throw a kink into what you are trying to accomplish.
*it would be cool though...*

[Rheingold]

Read Eragon, and do everything Christopher Paolini doesn't do, and do nothing that he does do. You'll be an AMAZING writer. :D:D:D:D

[Jenny Lee]

Thanks. Is it against the law to use a name from someone elses book?

Well... it obviously depends. If it is a common name, of course don't worry about it, but I agree with Bridie. You might be accused of plagerism.

[Dark_Shadows]

Do you think posting a page or two of your book on the internet is a good idea?