Roberts Ch. 8

     Imagery is a very important part of writing, it always has been.  Without imagery you are unable to express and show many things that allow you to tell the whole story which is a big part of any story.  Very important.  But along with the importance of having imagery, knowing how to write it is jsut as important. 

    As Roberts mentions, the importance of detail is crucial in every story as well.  The more detail, the better the story.  Compare a sentence like the dog ran across the road as opposed to the little black puppy ran right into the street, anything could have happened.  With more detail, not only do you let the reader more inside the story, but you are also able to give more to the story.  Detail is very important!

    Now, I must admit, the part about the types of imagery was interesting because i didnt know all that much about imagery, just that it was crucial to a story, but I wasn't too sure about how many different types there were, or at least couldnt remember if I did know.  So that section of this chapter was fun to read.

    This was a very important chapter, but also one of the easiest.  To me, I think imagery is not necessarily an easy thing to put into your work, but it's something you never forget to add, so it's a little bit easier to learn and understand, as well as put into action.

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