Exercises
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Visualising
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The first of these was given to students in Clay’s Exercises 12-13 (1933); the others are mine. Choose one of the following and describe it, introducing people and action.
1 A waiting room.
2 A lift.
3 A cricket pavilion.
4 A shop at an airport.
5 A stables.
Try to make sure your scene helps the reader to answer six questions: What? Who? Where? When (e.g. in the day, or in history)? How? Why? But remember: Show, don’t tell!