Into Thin Air Blog #3 Chace

"At 25,900 feet, I paused on the crest of the Spur to drink some water and take in the view. The thin air had a shimmering crystaline quality that made even distant peak seem close enough to touch. Extravagantly illuminated by the midday sun, Everest's summit  pyramid loomed through an intermittent gods of clouds. Squinting through my camera's telephoto  Lens at the upper South East Ridge, I was surprised to see for aunt light figures moving almost intercepted bully toward the South Summit." 

 I like this quote from, Into Thin Air, because it uses great description and imagery in it.  The way the author uses "crystaline quality" and "gods of clouds"  really adds a positive connotation to the quote.  This is an example of slanted imagery. 

 The blog https://juliahoneswritinglife.blogspot.com/2013/01/description-of-places-in-creative.html?m=1  talks about using description of beautiful sites, etc.  The blogger gives examples of authors using good description. 

 This video explains that you need to use your senses to describe experiences.  For example if you visited the Grand Canyon, how did it look, sound, smell, or feel when you touch the rock ( I would've included taste but, would you really ever taste the Grand Canyon? ;)).  The point is, when describing views, events, people, experiences, or anything really, you need to  really think about how things fet to your different senses. 

 The author of my book really does a good job describing things. In fact he almost uses too much description.  I feel like using too much can make the story a little boring.  Some of his descriptions are amazing, such as the one I included above. But others, can be a little too much.  They take away the real focus: the plot.  If you talk too much about what you see, hear, feel etc., it will take the focus away from the storyline which can bored readers.