Similes and metaphors are often the worst part of my writing—I tend to think in more concrete terms, rather than saying something is like something else. It’s actually a goal of mine to be more poetic in my language.
Sophia has no such problems. She’s sitting on her armchair, eating some popcorn, and she just turned to me to say, “Popcorn is white. White like your computer.”
Tell me that’s a comparison that would have leapt to your mind.