Comments on: Words to Describe Fearful Recoil http://www.dailywritingtips.com/words-to-describe-fearful-recoil/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: PreciseEdit http://www.dailywritingtips.com/words-to-describe-fearful-recoil/comment-page-1/#comment-59086 PreciseEdit Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:23:20 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1197#comment-59086 Having a little fun with these words: Does a "shrink" shrink from clients? Does a cow cower? Can you grovel on the gravel? Will a quail quail from hunters? Do people on the fringe cringe? Do finches flinch? Bleach may not blench, but you may blench from fist clenched (ok-that's a stretch) um...wince? Having a little fun with these words:

Does a “shrink” shrink from clients?
Does a cow cower?
Can you grovel on the gravel?
Will a quail quail from hunters?
Do people on the fringe cringe?
Do finches flinch?
Bleach may not blench, but you may blench from fist clenched (ok-that’s a stretch)

um…wince?

]]> By: Tiggy http://www.dailywritingtips.com/words-to-describe-fearful-recoil/comment-page-1/#comment-58247 Tiggy Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:04:03 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1197#comment-58247 "Show, don't tell" is very good advice, but I would steer away from using fairly obscure words such as 'blench' and 'quail', or a word that does not have an instant impact. By the time the reader has figured out what a quail has to do with the action, the momentum will be lost! “Show, don’t tell” is very good advice, but I would steer away from using fairly obscure words such as ‘blench’ and ‘quail’, or a word that does not have an instant impact.

By the time the reader has figured out what a quail has to do with the action, the momentum will be lost!

]]> By: ed http://www.dailywritingtips.com/words-to-describe-fearful-recoil/comment-page-1/#comment-58072 ed Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:25:07 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1197#comment-58072 Very useful post. Thank you a lot! Very useful post. Thank you a lot!

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