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:

Walking and moving (II)

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For maximum effect, you can combine the beats above with some of the verbs below, most of which were found on WriteWorld :

• Amble: to walk easily and/or aimlessly.
• Bounce: to walk energetically.
• Caper: to skip or dance about in a lively or playful way.
• Careen: to pitch dangerously to one side while walking or running.
• Cavort: to jump or dance around excitedly.
• Clump: to walk heavily and/or clumsily.
• Creep: To move quietly and slowly.
• Cross: To cross a road or street.
• Falter: to walk unsteadily.
• Flounder: to walk with great difficulty.
• Foot it: (slang) to depart or set off by walking.
• Footslog: to walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
• Gimp: to limp; hobble.
• Hike: to take a long walk, especially in a park or a wilderness area.
• Hobble: to walk unsteadily or with difficulty; see also limp.
• Hoof it: (slang) to walk; see foot it.
• Leg it: (slang) to walk; see foot it.
• Limp: to walk unsteadily because of injury, especially favoring one leg; see also falter.
• Lumber: to walk slowly and heavily.
• Lurch: to walk slowly or furtively, as if stalking someone.
• March: to walk rhythmically alone or in a group, especially according to a specified procedure.
• Meander: to walk or move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction.
• Mince: to walk delicately.
• Mosey: see amble; also, used colloquially in the phrase “mosey along.”
• Nip: (British English) to go briskly or lightly; also used colloquially in the phrase “nip (on/out/over/round/down/in)” to refer to a brief trip to a certain destination, as if on an errand.
• Pace: to walk precisely to mark off a distance, or walk intently or nervously, especially back and forth.
• Pad: to walk with steady steps making a soft dull sound.
• Parade: to walk ostentatiously, as if to show off.
• Patter: to walk or run somewhere, making a series of short quiet sounds with your feet
• Perambulate: see stroll; to travel on foot, or walk to inspect or measure a boundary.
• Peregrinate: to walk, especially to travel.
• Plod: to walk slowly and heavily, as if reluctant or weary.
• Pound: to walk or go with heavy steps; move along with force or vigor; see lumber.
• Power walk: to walk briskly for fitness.
• Prance: to walk joyfully, as if dancing or skipping.
• Promenade: to go on a leisurely walk, especially in a public place as a social activity; see parade.
• Prowl: to move around an area in a quiet way, especially because you intend to do something bad
• Pussyfoot: to walk stealthily or warily.
• Ramble: to walk or travel aimlessly.
• Roam: to go without fixed direction and without any particular destination, often for pleasure; see ramble.
• Rove: to travel constantly over a relatively lengthy time period without a fixed destination; wander.
• Sashay: to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly; see parade.
• Saunter: to walk about easily.
• Scuff: to walk without lifting one’s feet.
• Scuttle: to run off.
• Scurry: to hurry away.
• Shamble: to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle; see scuff.
• Shuffle: to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait; see scuff.
• Skulk: to move in a stealthy or furtive manner.
• Slink: to go somewhere slowly and quietly so that people will not notice you.
• Slip: to go somewhere, especially quickly and quietly without people noticing you or stopping you.
• Slog: to move in a slow, heavy manner, as if carrying a weight.
• Sneak: to move somewhere quietly and secretly so that no one can see you or hear you.
• Somnambulate: to walk while asleep.
• Spring: to jump out on someone, surprising them.
• Stagger: to walk unsteadily.
• Stalk: to walk stealthily, as in pursuit.
• Steal: to move somewhere quietly and secretly.
• Step: to walk, or place one’s foot or feet in a new position.
• Stomp: to walk heavily, as if in anger.
• Stride: to walk purposefully, with long steps.
• Stroll: to walk in a leisurely way; see saunter.
• Strut: to walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait; see parade.
• Stumble: to walk clumsily or unsteadily, or trip.
• Stump: to walk heavily, as with a limp; see lumber.
• Swagger: to walk with aggressive self-confidence.
• Tiptoe: to walk carefully on the toes or on the balls of the foot, as if in stealth.
• Toddle: to move with short, unsteady steps, as a young child; see saunter and stagger.
• Totter: to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness; see stagger(also, sway or become unstable).
• Traipse: to walk lightly and/or aimlessly.
• Tramp: to walk heavily or noisily; see lumber and hike.
• Trample: to walk so as to crush something underfoot.
• Traverse: to walk across or over a distance.
• Tread: to walk slowly and steadily.
• Trip: to walk lightly; see also stumble.
• Tromp: to tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot; see lumber.
• Troop: to walk in unison, or collectively.
• Trot: to proceed at a pace faster than a walk; see nip.
• Trudge: to walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions; see plod.
• Waddle: to walk clumsily or as if burdened, swinging the body.
• Wade: to walk through water or with difficulty, as if impeded.
• Wander: to move from place to place without a fixed route; see ramble.
• Weave: to move in non-linear way, usually in order to avoid several obstacles.

Next time: Waking up and Beds. View all posts on the subject, or buy the book on Amazon – free on KU!

Emotional Beats: Walking and moving (II)

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