I, for one, love metaphors. I really try to avoid saying emotions (ex. anguish, terror, joy, etc.). As fun as those words are, it almost makes the scene feel less personal for some reason. Sometimes I worry that my more emotional scenes are too vague or ambiguous, but I actually prefer them over the alternative. In the supernatural thriller book I'm writing, I avoid forwardly mentioning that a character has died. When characters do happen to die, I tell it in a much more abstract way. For example, in one of the death scenes, I ended the passage with "Death, he decided, was grape-flavored." What about all of you?
I'm more of a straight-up stater, but without obviously telling. I'll throw in clues here and there about something, and if it's in a character's head it'll be how they feel, but it depends on who and what is happening.
I love metaphors but fairly straightforward ones if that makes sense? Things like ice spreading in someones lungs, or sparks flying from their heart (bad impromptu examples but you get the idea.) But I prefer straightforward showing/stating over a commonplace or inaccurate metaphor (or worst, both.)
Well, my main character is a sarcastic little piece of shit that overthinks everything and likes to state the obvious, so most of the time I just let him think whatever is happening by maybe questioning it in his head or making some kind of quirky comment about it…
(DID SOMEONE SAY METAPHORS? nah jk lol)
I like to use a lot of similies (unlike metaphors lol) of how the characters are feeling ("Her bright mood evaporated like dew under a hot summer's sun…"). I also like to implement a lot of emotion in words, using stutters and other things as characters start to break down/cry.
