This document provides writing tips and techniques for making writing more engaging and vivid. It discusses the importance of using concrete details, sensory descriptions, and examples to help readers visualize what is being described. Showing techniques like specific examples and anecdotes are preferable to vague telling. The document also discusses using literary devices like metaphors, personification, stories and allusions to enhance writing. It notes creativity takes time and recommends allowing for incubation periods between preparation, illumination and verification stages of the creative process.