SIMIL-EASE

You wanna make your writing fresh? You wanna find your voice? You wanna delight your readers? Then stay away from similes that are cliche. Don't say:

It was as hard as a rock.
or
He smokes like a chimney.

Here's an exercise to help you think outside the box. Make two columns on a piece of paper. On the left list random adjetives. On the right list nouns. Then mix and match to find new creative ways to describe your stories.

We tried this at one writer's group I taught, and everyone loved the outcome--lots of analogies that weren't as old as dirt...

She wore whimsey like a tutu.
and
It was as if he had a toybox full of humor.

Your turn to be creative. Then share the wealth of your words with us.