How to make a description interesting by involving a memory

Describing objects can be an interesting exercise in creative writing. This idea gives the students a chance to make the description intriguing by involving it with a memory.

1. Ask your students to think of an object.
2. Now ask them to imagine that object as they look at it closely. Note it can aid the imagination if pictures of objects are provided to help the imagination.
3. They then imagine that they touch the object and describe it.
4. As they look at it and touch it the object evokes a memory.
5. The object is then described in terms of that memory. An interplay between object and memory develops.
   Purpose of the exercise:
6. To create an intriguing structure in creative writing.
7. To add a sense of psychological realism to the writing.
8. To give an abstract idea a concrete form.
9. To practise creative thinking in creating a meaningful and interesting comparison between the object and the memory.
10. Teaching students that good crafted writing involves dynamics. A description hanging on its own in space without connection, rather than enhancing the quality of the writing can actually distract from it.