I keep a collection of descriptions that have pulled me into the books I read. I’m fascinated how authors can–in just a few words–put me in the middle of their story and make me want to stay there. This one’s 160+ Ways to Describe Weather.

A note: These are for inspiration only. They can’t be copied because they’ve been pulled directly from an author’s copyrighted manuscript (intellectual property is immediately copyrighted when published).

Evening

1. Evening shadows deepened into blue and purple.
2. The shadows retreated.
3. Sun was sinking toward the horizon, the pitiless white ball now an angry orange.
4. Fading afternoon in early June
5. Evening sky had turned to molten brass.
6. Sun still cast a faint yellow light through Slowly gathering evening.
7. Daylight had begun to drain away.
8. one-quarter of a moonlit night
9. cold light
10. silver-white moon hung
11. A half-moon rests in the fronds over our heads.
12. watching the…