Descriptive Writing Structure

Question 1

Contrast

Answer 1

Contrast two elements to make an engaging opening.

Question 2

Drop in

Answer 2

This is where you describe the main elements of that scene.

Question 3

Shift

Answer 3

Shift in time

Question 4

Zoom in

Answer 4

Pick a really small, imaginative detail

Question 5

Zoom out

Answer 5

Describing something else that you have not written about

Question 6

Revisit contrast

Answer 6

Create a cyclical structure.