Writing a description with sequencing words

Plan in three parts

Even a short description needs a shape: an opening that says what you are describing, a middle with two or three details, and a closing sentence with your feeling about it. Two minutes of planning saves the whole paragraph.

Sequencing and adding

First, then, after that, next, finally order events in time. Also, as well, another thing add more of the same. Using them is what turns a list of sentences into a paragraph a reader can follow.

Show, do not only tell

The market was busy tells. People were shouting, bicycles pushed past, and the smell of hot bread filled the street shows. Use two or three senses — what you saw, heard and smelled — and the writing instantly reads as a level higher.