Uh Oh, Onomatopoeia!

"Bang, crash, splash, whoops, boom, tick-tock, ding-dong, click, snap, poof, whomp, wham, pop, burp, honk, oops, boo, vroom and buzz to name just a handful. Onomatopoeia is the surround sound blast that can express every sound from the tiniest whisper to an all-out crash boom bang sound explosion!

In writing, it's all about developing empathy in your reader, building tension with foreshadowing and dramatic irony... Sounds are closely linked to emotions. When cats are happy they purr. When time is the focus the tick-tick-tick could make time streeeeeetch or, speed it up like a ticking time bomb..."

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