Concrete or abstract
title: “Concrete or abstract”
layout: note
date: 03-08-2022
last_modified_at: 2023-12-08 12:09
ere’s broadly two types of imagery- abstract and concrete.
Abstract is conceptual, so thing like love, victory, kindness- ideas that aren’t necessarily grounded in the real world.
Concrete is things you can physically feel, touch and experience. So a rose is a concrete image when love isn’t. (although maybe you canTwist a Cliché by finding a new aspect of the rose.)
Concrete imagery tends to be better if you use more Specific Detail you use.
A good way to focus on the concrete is to use The Five Senses
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