Metaphors with Millie | Life Writers

In our Writers CAFE on Tuesday, November 8, at 5:00 p.m. ET, we learned several approaches to writing metaphors from Life Writer Millie Ford.

Millie did a great job of breaking down the process and then gave us an opportunity to try out this new skill. Here’s the slide deck she used. Thanks so much, Millie, for a wonderful presentation.

Share a couple of metaphors you came up with in the comments section below as a result of Millie’s instruction.

We also identified metaphors and similes in Richard Grant’s Dispatches from Pluto, and how we can learn from this expert author.

In this video:

00:00:01 - Welcome

00:02:10 - What is a metaphor?

00:03:20 - What is the difference between a metaphor and simile?

00:04:00 - An example from "Dispatches from Pluto"

00:05:19 - Why use metaphors in writing?

00:06:15 - Clustering Method

00:11:31 - Use your senses method

00:15:15 - Recap

00:16:22 - Assignment

00:29:11 - Examples of metaphors

00:52:40 - How to write about other people in our stories?

00:54:07 - Reminders

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