5. Color Sense
Enhance your story with the right palette
Color has tremendous power to communicate the mood of your story. It can express emotion, clarify motivation, and enhance the entire meaning of your piece. A farmer’s lush green field means something totally different if instead it’s yellow-brown; a hero’s ride off into the sunset becomes a ride into the depths of hell with a tweak in hue; a young boy’s first kiss has a different connotation if the recipient of the kiss turns green instead of blushing red.
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