I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like
“Metaphor unites reason and imagination,” says George Lakoff and Mark Johnson in their book, Metaphors We Live By (1980). “Metaphors are not merely things to be seen beyond. In fact, one can see beyond them only by using other metaphors. It is as though the ability to comprehend experience through metaphor were a sense, like seeing or touching or h... See more
The Creative Independent • My website is a shifting house next to a river of knowledge. What could yours be?
The garden is one of the two great metaphors for humanity. The other, of course, is the river. Metaphors are a great language tool, because they explain the unknown in terms of the known. But they only work if they resonate in the heart of the writer.
Anne Lamott • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Overuse of metaphorical language will test a novel’s credibility.
Walter Mosley • This Year You Write Your Novel
