#creativejourney

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I'm working on a watercolor sketchbook inspired by Frodo’s journey to destroy the One Ring.

Every day, I check how many steps I've taken and log them into the “Walk to Mordor” app. Then, with a bit of extra research—looking into places that might have inspired Tolkien, and real-world landscapes that inspire me—I create these little paintings.

I’ve been working on this project since December 2024, and it’s been a blast! 484 miles so far, and almost a million steps walked.

It’s been a great excuse to leave my comfort zone—both artistically and physically.

Each Painting takes about 3 to 4 hours, in researchig, planing and painting. Its time that gives me peace and heals my inner child. I read this book when I was 16, and I did not paint by then, I only started painting when I was 30, after a burn out crisis. So being able to make this landscapes that for so long lived on my mind alone come to life is very freeing!

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One thing that’s really transformed my writing for the better is to make the descriptions MATTER to the characters.

Don’t describe what something looks like, describe how it makes them feel or what associations the character has to that thing.

Example: Old wedding Ring

Don’t describe the color and texture of the ring; describe the way its worn, the way the character assumes it’s not been well-kept. Perhaps make them a bit sad that it’s been lost or not cared for properly. Or perhaps happy that it’s often worn. See there already - you add CHARACTER VALUES to the description already. Much more interesting than focusing on what the ring actually looks like.

Other examples

We don’t care what a ladder looks like, until the character is scared that it may break if they climb on it

no one cares about the shade of someone’s eyes, but they can care about the impression/feel of their eyes (cold or warm, approachable or not, distant or not) because it AFFECTS HOW OUR CHARACTER ACTS AROUND THAT CHARACTER.

No one cares about what a chair looks like until that particular chair matters to one of our characters (dad’s chair that no one sits in since he died, a throne, a kids chair that makes the character’s lanky legs sprawl awkwardly on the floor)

No one cares about a piece of history until the character is personally effected by, or emotionally invested in, that particular part of history. SAME THING WITH ASPECTS OF WORLDBUILDING. Stop infodumping and keep the suspense, please

Because readers can fill the gaps themselves with their imagination.

If the description does not directly give us EMOTION or SIGNIFICANCE to the CHARACTER - REWRITE.