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Q&A How do I improve "beige" text?

I have a tendency to write text that's on the "beige" side. I think it's the engineer in me that tends to write text that's very straightforward and strictly factual. To a certain degree, that's go...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Jason Baker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:04:43Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/26576
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Jason Baker‭ · 2019-12-08T06:04:43Z (about 5 years ago)
I have a tendency to write text that's on the "beige" side. I think it's the engineer in me that tends to write text that's very straightforward and strictly factual. To a certain degree, that's good, but I feel like my writing can use more "color" sometimes to make it more interesting.

What are some good ways to provide "texture" to such writing?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-02-07T17:30:41Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 23