The deliciousness of adjectives can turn your content into drooling readers wanting more.

It’s true.

How? Well, one needs to know what an “Adjective” is first. An adjective is a word that describes a noun in a sentence.

So not to get to involved with grammar, here’s an example because it’s simple to implement:

“John goes to the store”

“John, a physically fit young man, goes to the neighborhood store.”

Adjectives are like ingredients you add to food to give it flavor and succulent taste. So adjectives spice-up your writing making it interesting and even memorable …

To write well, capturing the imagination of the reader, you need to use words that describe and draw the reader into your conversation, or discussion.

I started reading Anthony Bourdain’s book “Medium Raw” and was struck immediately by the descriptive words he used to describe an experience he had. I only read the first few pages and I was so curious about what he was discussing, I looked it up on the Internet.

Most of us might say –

“This is a once in a life time meal ..”

Where as Anthony wrote –

“This is a once-in-a–fucking–lifetime meal – a never– in-a-lifetime meal for most mortals … even in France.”

I’m not suggesting you curse – this is Anthony’s natural way of expression if you ever watched  his TV show “Parts Unknown” on CNN Sunday nights, he does curse.

But making a common statement like this and using an expressive word and adding “for most mortals”, I got the sense that this meal he was about to devour was a meal only Zeus would eat! I imagined I was was in the dinning room sitting next to Anthony about to eat Ortolan ( you’ll have to look this up).

Sadly, Anthony Bourdain took his life a week ago – millions are heartbroken, including myself.

Writing well and storytelling is ALL about the words you use to describe what you want to share. I think this is the path to standing out with blogging – using words in a way that grabs the readers interest.

Best Ways to Cultivate Your Personal Language

• Read books and magazines – observe how words are used
• Use a thesaurus to build your vocabulary
• Use a dictionary to find the meaning of a word you just discovered and don’t know
• Use emotional words and  …
• Remember to use adjectives

And most of all,  be yourself.