[Eol]

Now that is the 64,ooo dollar question. What I have done to think of an opening as a painting or a piece or artwork. It starts out blank and build it up with colors.

What type of mood do you want? The type of words have "moods" attached to them. Example, describe a ripe piece of fruit. You can sweet or you can say sucullant. It can also be as rotten or shriveled.

Words can also be used to dictate pace. The fewer the words, the fast the pace. Too much detail can bog the pace. Example: Joe drew his sword when threated by another soldier. Charging he brought his blade down on the green clothed shoulders of the enemy.....

another example: The deer froze in step. Its large dark eyes focused on the man unsure whether it was friend or foe. The late afternoon light flitered through the trees dappling the dark coat with white spots as though it was a fawn. A small rack of horns had a few scraps of velvet dangling exposing the newly harden bone grow underneath....

This help?

[ September 02, 2002: Message edited by: Eol ]