Comments on: How to Craft a Strong Metaphor https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:12:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Inside the Simile | WRITERS HELPING WRITERSWRITERS HELPING WRITERS https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-18897 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:04:00 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-18897 […] your simile addiction and trundle down to my metaphor post. Take a look at how to craft metaphors and also think about creating evocative, sensory description […]

]]> By: Darlene E Williams https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-11278 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:32:07 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-11278 Awesome article! Printed and bookmarked.

]]> By: Martha Ramirez https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-9619 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:09:43 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-9619 LOVE this post! Can’t believe I missed it last year.

]]> By: Matthew Rush https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5433 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:28:17 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5433 Great post Angela. One thing I would like to point out, and this is just my opinion and may only apply to my own writing, but:

I find that metaphors are much more powerful than similes. They are also somewhat harder to come up with. The difference can be quite subtle, but it is there.

Both should be used sparingly, but I find that metaphors, in order to give them the power they deserve, ought to be used slightly less, unless of course you’re going for campy overkill on purpose.

]]> By: Karen Lange https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5408 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:57:28 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5408 This is very helpful! Will pass this link along to my writing students. Thanks for all your hard work:)

]]> By: Susan Kaye Quinn https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5397 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:34:10 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5397 Love this! I never thought of the mechanics of constructing a metaphor before!

]]> By: Kelly https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5383 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:03:18 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5383 Your blog is a treasure chest filled with gems of knowledge.

How’s that? 🙂
Excellent post!

]]> By: Claire Dawn https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5382 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:23:49 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5382 I love a good metaphor! I write them pretty decent. 🙂

]]> By: Amie Kaufman https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5381 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:06:04 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5381 This is fantastic, thank you! It’s a really effective way of thinking about crafting better metaphors. A good one can be so powerful, a bad one… well, really bad!

]]> By: Vijaya https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5380 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:37:46 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5380 I don’t always post to tell you how brilliant you are, but you are!

I think the best metaphors are the ones that come up unconsciously. Wow! I did that?

The book I read recently that did this very well was Justina Chen Headley’s North of Beautiful. It’s full of cartography metaphors.

]]> By: Heather https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5379 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:41:40 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5379 For the most part I try to steer clear of metaphors because it’s really hard to do them right. Thanks for the tips though. You have given me the courage and know how to try out a few!

]]> By: Ruth Donnelly https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5378 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:28:30 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2010/10/inside-the-metaphor/#comment-5378 Excellent post! Thanks, Angela!

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