Week Seven's Work

               Representing

S-p-e-e-d

Either

add to what you’re already working on

Or

                                                  write about a quarter of a page

Representing speed

focusing on the visual   and developing

the technique of picking out particular details to given an

 impression of  the overall scene.

Also

Try very hard to avoid overworked speed words such

as ‘flashed’,  ‘leapt’,  ‘sped’.    On the whole the best approach

is to describe NOT the speed itself, but what the

narrator sees –   either from inside (say) a vehicle, or

from outside watching.

Describing speed is like describing the wind: 

you have to look at the effects

Impressionistic:  What your eyes see

Expressionistic:  What your feelings ‘see’