Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, continuing Part 3 of the book: Other Beats. This short chapter (I’ll make it up next week, I promise) deals with:
Horses
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Like fights, horses are a staple of many a genre. Even if not many of them are around nowadays, it pays to know how to describe our heroes’ interactions with them.
- He tightened the cinch on the last horse.
- With her bow slung across her shoulder and back, the quiver of arrows attached to the horse’s saddle, she pulled on the reins.
- He stroked the horse’s powerful neck, being nuzzled at the same time.
- She stroked the horse’s wide, flat nose.
- She stroked the horse’s head, dismounted and stretched her body. “I feel like I have spent my entire life on his back,” she said, continuing to twist and stretch the kinks that had grown with each mile ridden.
- The horse stood there shaking, a low groaning sound bubbling from his mouth.
- Molten steel coursing through his veins, he mounted the horse, rode the valley floor and marched up the hillside, the horse in tow.
- He yanked the reins.
- He hefted his sword and started his horse into the ravine.
- His hands resting on the pommel, he relaxed into the ambling ride.
- The horse stomped and danced, ears flattened at the tight hold on the reins.
- Leaning forward, he patted the big horse’s neck.
Next week: Houses and Scenery. View all posts on the subject, or buy the book on Amazon – free on KU!
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Nice, Nicholas. I actually think I recognize one of these. 😀 Sunwielder had a lot of horsey prose. Great idea starters, as always.
Your beautiful prose was one of my inspirations for this book 🙂
Wow. That’s the best compliment ever! Thanks 😀 😀
I thought of one that’s the staple of many westerns.
” He could see that his faithful old horse wasn’t going to be able to get up. Avoiding the wide eyes, he drew his pistol slowly from the holster…”
Best wishes, Pete.
Lol – that’s a terrible one!!! 😀
It was meant to be!
😀 😀