This document provides lists of words that can be used for descriptive writing in different categories: sound words, smell words, touch words, words for seeing, quiet words, fear words, onomatopoeia, the sound of words, sounds that imply mood, and character traits. It encourages "brain storming" or thinking of creative descriptive words when writing fiction.

1. Brain Storming for creative
writing
Dr. Nicholas Correa

2. Sound Words:
scritch crick rap fissle crinkle
scratch creak tap swish crunch
scrunch chirk smack whish jangle
crunch chirp whack zip jingle
burr chirrup thwack sniff thud
chirr rattle whomp snuffle babble
buzz clitter whap sputter splat
clang clatter hiss whoosh splash
twang clack siss wheeze splosh
squeak flutter shush squish splatter
squawk sputter sizzle crack zing
screech patter fizz crash zap

3. Smell Words:
pungent acrid stinky fetid fulsome
spicy peppery aromatic noxious yeasty
tangy rank perfume malodorous fusty
salty gamy sweet rancid frowzy
brine brackish savory reeky stuffy
piquant smoky musky foul moldy
sharp stench musty vile mildewed
reek flowery putrid miasmal

4. Touch Words:
flossy gooey pocked tingle throb
silky plush squishy prickle pound
fluffy crumbly squushy sting chafe
knobbed chalky stringy tickle twitch
scaly mealy bouncy shiver rankle
gritty shaggy rubbery creep numb
slimy gossamer wiry itch grate
sticky nubby brittle smart irritate
barbed scratchy crisp ache wince

5. Words for "See" and "Look":
watch glimpse gape witness observe
leer gaze goggle spy scout
glance glare ogle note reconnoiter
peek glower inspect discern scrutinize
peep stare view peer survey
gawk squint pore over study

6. Quiet Words:
hushed peaceful
silent tranquil
still noiseless
calm speechless
placid taciturn
soundless mute

7. "Fear" Words:
alarmed daunted
anxious scared
nervous terrified
timid intimidated
cowardly fainthearted
craven chickenhearted

8. Onomatopoeia (Words that Sound Like
Their Meaning):
bang hum clipclop
boom hiss howl
screech fizz murmur
clang buzz whine
tinkle sizzle twitter
varoom crack chirp
pop slosh cuckoo
ratatattat crunch whippoorwill

9. The Sound of Words:
Hurry-up, Action Words: Slow and Quiet
Words:
hop jump hush lazily
fly leap lullaby silently
quick slap loiter smoothly

10. Sounds That Imply Mood:
joke quiver query sleazy
jest quake question slimy
jolly quaver quiz slippery
joy quail slush
jovial sludge

11. Character Traits:
ambitious energetic neat stupid
awkward excitable patient stubborn
bitter fanciful poetic sweet
brave forgiving proud superstitious
boastful gentle practical understanding
boring hateful quarrelsome vain
careful honest romantic wasteful
cheerful imaginative self-centered
clever intelligent selfish wise
creative kind shy
clumsy lonely sincere
cowardly loving smug
dignified lazy silly
dishonest loyal sloppy
dull mean stingy