Writing Exercise: Color List – Gray
Driving towards downtown Chicago recently It seems like all the color is gone now outside, and days like the one in my photo here are more prevalent. Thus, the [...]
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Dec, 2011
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Nov, 2011
Writing Exercise: Color List – Brown
Another month has begun, so it's time for another color list. The color for November will be brown as it seems a month rich with so many earthly things. [...]
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Oct, 2011
Writing Exercise: Color List – Orange
What would fall be without pumpkins? So October's color is orange. For the uninitiated, the idea here is to come up with ways to evoke orange without mentioning the color [...]
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Sep, 2011
Writing Exercise: Color List – Red
September is the month of lushness - all the fruits and vegetables are ripe and deep in color. So this month's color is the most forceful of colors: red. [...]
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Aug, 2011
Writing Exercise: Color List – Yellow
The sun is still high up in the sky so the color for this month of August is the color of the sun - yellow. For the uninitiated, the [...]
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Jul, 2011
Writing Exercise: Color List – Blue
Red, white and ____. You guessed it: In honor of Independence Day, the color of this month’s color list is blue. For the uninitiated, the idea here is to [...]
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Jun, 2011
Writing Exercise: Color List – Pink
Since my color list for green was a success, I've decided to create, with your help, one color list each month. The idea remains to come up with nouns [...]
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May, 2011
Writing Exercise: Color List – Shades of Green
One of the challenges in writing evocative descriptions is getting the color just right. Making your reader see what you see will draw him or her into the scene, [...]