Here is another way of writing about fireworks that could be displayed in your firework books.
Yesterday we focused on sound. Now think about the whole experience of watching a single firework or a whole display. Continue to think about sound. Add movement, pattern, colour. Think about pace: crescendo and diminuendo; how some fireworks are over in a moment and others keep on producing more explosions and shapes. Think about the pauses in-between.
Make a list of similes:
like a cloud of sparkling midges; like a thousand birthday candles; like autumn chrysanthemums, like bacon spitting in the pan, like the tail lights of cars.
We found ourselves using verbs as nouns: unfoldings; scatterings; streaking, bright spitting.
And we found verbs alone are strong and evocative: whirl; fall; burst; crack open;
When you have a good list, shape them into a poem or descriptive prose. Use the names of fireworks, too: sparklers, bangers, rockets, Roman candles, Catherine wheels……. More on names tomorrow.
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