The world we live in.

There are things all around us that captivate us whether its a beautiful pink rose, the rustling of autumn leaves, the smell of a freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. The thing about writing is the world is your giant box of descriptors. Everything around us can be used if we just look hard enough and open our eyes to them. Today for example. I am a student at Northwest Nazarene University and in our chapel service our choir sang. The music was absolutely gorgeous and while sitting and listening to them sing an idea came to me for a scene in my book. Using things like this can open doors to new ideas and the best thing to do is write them down. Even if it seems like what your writing doesn't mean a lot like the bright color of a fire hydrant but the point is your practicing seeing. And you never know maybe someday that bright red fire hydrant will make its way into one of your stories, you just never know. One way I've learned to work on this skill is by taking a walk. Set time aside to just walk and observe, pay extra attention to things that you don't usually pay attention too. And when you get back write them all down, write down all the things you remember. You can't imagine the new things you will see, the new smells, the new sounds, the world is full of amazing things and sometimes in our busy day to day lives we miss those things. Doing this can help you see the world you live in more clearly and by doing so more clearly create a world for your readers. So takes some time, open your eyes and see what you might of been missing because what you've been missing might help you to truly see.