Emotional Beats: Walking and moving (I)

More helpful tips from Nicholas Rossis’ book, Emotional Beats. This one is on the topic of walking and moving.

Nicholas C. Rossis

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 (I)

There are so many ways of describing walking, each of them conveying a certain emotion. For instance, consider the differences between the following: walk; tread; stride; stroll; saunter; march; amble; stagger; perambulate; ramble; meander; wander; dawdle; mosey; roam; rove; travel; journey; tramp; trudge; slog; plod; lumber; scramble; journey; shuffle; hobble; shamble; waddle; trundle; limp.

Here are some more examples:

• He swung around/spun around.
• She slinked over to him
• She hurtled into the room with all the momentum of a tidal wave, slamming the door behind her.
• He rushed to his feet.
• He barreled into the room
• Snake: I look up at the…

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