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 chapter deals with:

Houses and Scenery

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The best way to describe a house is to flick through an (online) architectural magazine. The second best is to read on.

• The walls were covered in rich, black wallpaper that exhibited a shimmering, barely perceptible pattern in the winking candlelight.
• Depression glass candleholders stood on the shelf.
• Along the far, short wall was a wide, polished, walnut, rectangular table.
• Their footsteps echoed on the travertine floors.
• All the paint chips he had been forced to stare at had driven him crazy.
• The interior was cuter still, with wooden floors polished to a warm honey-gold and exposed brick walls showcasing vintage travel posters.
• The room was perfect for sit-downs that didn’t call for the formality of a conference room.
• The room had seamless windows and a breathtaking view of the park.
• The polished marble flooring gleamed in the full sun.
• Blue plaid curtains accented with a soft beige draped the windows.
• He touched the rain-streaked pane.
• A smattering of trees met his gaze.
• He saw a pretty jut of cliffs upholstered with wild grass.
• The tower lorded over the seaside village.
• Ladders slid on oiled rollers from one section to the next. Bookcases lined each level, from floor to molding.
• The garden was redolent with the scent of gardenias.
• The central desk looked like a cresting wave, scooped up from a thick base on one side, its leading edge flattening to form a workspace.
• Brocaded chairs topped by soft throws lined the wall.
• One section of the gate rolled on a rail to the side and another could be raised and lowered.
• Their footsteps echoed on the gold-veined marble flooring.
• A wet bar was tucked into an alcove. Another wall was nothing but floor-to-ceiling plate-glass windows with French doors.
• Original works of art hung placed on recession-lit walls.
• She touched the embroidered fingertip towels.
• He gazed at the slow-paddling ceiling fans.
• Behind elegant banisters, platform walkways permitted catwalk access on the second and third levels.
• It was a grand two-story home, painted a pristine white and fronted by tall shrubs that sheltered most of the columned porch from view.
• Shining hardwood floors graced a large open space furnished as a combination living and dining area.
• The ceilings were open, the rafters exposed.
• The porch was narrow, but the second story of the cottage pitched over it and provided much welcome cover.
• The shutters outside were open to the sun’s indifferent reach, and dawn streaked in.
• Simple railing emerged from the wraparound veranda without any architectural artifice.
• Two enormous English elms flanked the old manor. Their bowing branches arched elegantly over it, bobbing in the gentle breeze.
• The furniture is old-world, sumptuous and expensive, like the authentic tufted Chesterfield sofa.
• Trees with skeletal limbs, badly in need of a trim, scraped against slate, like oaken nails on the lid of a coffin.
• He looked at the fancy balusters, like young girls at their first dance, all curves and waists and giggles.
• Paintings in vibrant colors covered walls, like small windows into faraway scenery.
• Five interior poles held up the roof of the command tent, a standard issue square block of pale canvas. Scraps of rope tied open the doors to admit morning light and a hint of breeze rustled the maps and missives littering the long table. The chief’s sturdy chair stood in a corner, stacked with slightly crumpled, rolled documents, a clear indication that the man preferred to stand.
• The road coughed them out into a clearing set beside standing water.
• High trees brooded over the night, keeping back the moon’s shine.
• Lilacs scented the warm air; honeybees droned their busy song while picking over those late-summer blooms. Mosquitoes planned attacks from the overgrown grass.

Next week: Hunger, drinks, and food. View all posts on the subject, or buy the book on Amazon – free on KU!

Emotional Beats: Houses and Scenery

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