W.A.L.T: Add detail to our writing to describe a setting.
Apocalypse Scene Writing, Outside
Dusty and abandoned, the playground sat quietly. Silent buildings rose tall, all around it. Broken glass littered the ground next to a smashed window. The old roundabout squeaked as the wind spun it slowly. The old tree looked like a squashed spider, with dead branches splayed out. Sadness hung all around the playground, like a cloud of the thickest fog. Every single colour had been drained.
Apocalypse Scene Writing, Inside
The squeaky floorboards creak under the weight of a old bunk bed. Threadbare curtains floated around like slow ghosts. A tiny bench is littered with tools and other bits and pieces. The old rickety door hangs off it’s hinges. A wet patch of tea on the ground is decorated with tiny shards of china from a cracked tea cup. And, above all, an empty space lingered where an old tape had once sat on the mantel piece.
