A light breeze whispered through the trees. This one got a little long. Who says weather isn’t interesting? Either way, having the viewpoint character’s mood complement or contrast with the weather outside is just another small way to add dimension to your fiction. But before that, I first need to talk more about…, Here are four reasons why weather matters in fiction…. She is also the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, blog webmaster, an Amazon Vine Voice,  a columnist for NEA Today, and a freelance journalist. In the real world, we chat about the weather even when there’s nothing much to say. If a boy takes a girl out on a picnic, make it rain. It is. We are proud to post your contest here, free of charge. Excellent. Change ). first cumulus clouds darkening into thunderheads. can I just say ‘HOT’ … luckily today it’s cooler with a sea breeze … I need to read them all – clever and thank you! When Mary left for work the next morning, the sky was as dark as slate and the icy north wind was blowing the rain straight into her face. Evening was crisp already, the last of sunset just a fading pale stripe in the western sky.

Thanks! But even when the weather is not especially remarkable – a warm summer’s evening, a cold and bright morning in autumn – it still gives scenes very different moods and atmospheres. I would say India not so much. That must be put out by Eskimos. Choose the best option. I couldn’t believe how many weather descriptors I had! I actually didn’t recognize any of them. This opposition, or conflict, can be…, Your job as a storyteller is to throw as many obstacles in a character’s path as you can. I keep a collection of descriptions that have pulled me into the books I read.

If you’re describing heavy snow, for example, you could begin with a relatively factual statement, even a clichéd one…, But then describe the effect that the snow is having.

These really struck me. The sun was climbing out of the deep well of winter, but it was still brutally cold. Sweat tricked from his forehead which he wiped with the back of his knotted, callused hand.

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As a matter of fact, writing about extreme weather can be a primary source of conflict in a novel. especially the colours of sunrises and sunsets in clouds during different seasons and different weather conditions.

Shrieking across the river. This way, you won’t get stuck trying to figure out how to describe nice weather, or thinking up ways to describe rain. I'm not describe each character and the house because I want you to write it in your own point of view. Look for her next prehistoric fiction, In the Footsteps of Giants Winter 2020.

If you recognized them from your outdoors scenes, feel free to add a note! The sleety rain drizzled down, not very hard and not very fast, but steady.

“It was a dark and stormy night…” I hope you find them as helpful as I do. The flower bed was a soggy matting of dead stems. Burst back into the blistering hot sun. (See this article for more on showing and telling.). Sometimes when my mind has trailed off the story, it is descriptions like these that put my mind right back in.

I am flattered you share them! The haze floated over the crowd like smoke from a doused fire. Nature saga. Some great phrases here, Jacqui. Pop your underwear in the freezer. That’s so funny. Ah South Korea. Clouds threatening, but no rain predicted the 45-mile per hour gusts of drizzly wind. The building was only a shadowy form, almost entirely lost to view. The sky above was full of tumultuous, dark, ragged clouds. The shadows slipped up the rocks as though the world were drowning in darkness. I can describe the weather currently in my area in one word — sucky! I didn’t used to think much about the weather until I had to write about it, and make it interesting!

Darn! the moon golden at dawn, turn purple just before sunset in the rainy season, sometimes has white and black stripes created by volcanic ash, calm and clear sometimes attended by only a single cloud. The corners have just about disappeared into the shadows.

and also important, who's describing it? It’s easy to forget just how important a part of our everyday lives the weather is. Most days are nice and sunny, a bit overcast, unseasonably chilly. My goodness …. Evening shadows deepened into blue and purple. As right as rain = Everything is OK, or good in a situation / I feel as right as rain today.It'll be a good day. and the fever of life is over, These are beyond most of what I write but I’ve seen what you turn out. A dog pawing the back door waiting to be let inside. It’s always fun to talk about the weather, innit?

Use the best details you can imagine. a wedge of sunlight bursting past the narrow window. Don’t overdo it. A sky of mackerel clouds, crimson and amber-tinted. I would say weather could surprise them.

Weather ‘small’ talk.

My aim in this article is to offer a few suggestions on how to write about the weather in interesting and, yes, unexpected ways. BTW, you won a book on my blog. Please confirm there. It was surprisingly hot.

beautiful, 82 degrees, mild breeze, cloudless sunshine, a day for looking at a ball game, a web of clouds, back-lit by the failing sun, mist billowed through the trees and over the fields and hung low in the air, masking the camp in a ghostly gray. Thanks, Mae. . Similarly, Japan – another island nation with unpredictable weather – has a wealth of vivid words to describe specific weather … The rain came steady and cold against the windshield and rattled on the roof of the car. It’s just wet. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.

*** thin green sundress was already plastered to her body while she could feel fresh dewdrops of moisture trickle stickily down between her breast. Your personal information will not be sold or shared with any third parties under any circumstances. Please come back and submit a new contest anytime! And it is the same with writing about the weather: never leave the reader stranded, unable to form a mental image of any kind. Reblogged this on Marina Costa and commented: then in thy mercy Sun was sinking toward the horizon, the pitiless white ball now an angry orange. Hmm?? Oh my, Jacqui. So always look out for opportunities to introduce environmental conflict into a scene…, (I’m sure you’re one of the kindest people who ever walked the earth, but there’s no place for your saintly side when novel writing!). Sun hanging in a pink haze of clouds and smog.

white dress shirt, sharply pressed this morning, was now plastered against his chest, already short of breath, his lungs laboring as they headed down the path. There are some very clever minds out there. A description of the restaurant may not be important in any way. Such descriptions can help add a sense of time in a story (just as the phases of the moon or the stars can create time (crescent moon in evening is aa new waxing moon, crescent moon in morning before sunrise is a waxing moon just before the “dark of the moon” which are the three days the moon is in the shadow of the earth. Hopefully, this will make your writing go faster. They know more about snow than anyone I’ve seen. I just went over and replied and then emailed my info to you. Showing the weather (by using sensual language that is rich in detail) can be tricky because it’s easy to resort to clichés. It’s not a nature book, it is a dark psychological horror. Thank you, Jacqui. For example, ‘airish’ (for cool weather) is now mainly used in Scotland – and the southern US.



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