Writing in 3D

3D means three dimensional form. The word dimension itself has a couple of definitions, one of which is: a measure of spatial extent in a particular direction such as length breadth, width and depth.

Now, I'm no expert in geometry or picture production; but one thing I do know is that a 3D picture or drawing is more realistic than a 2D picture or drawing because the former displays more aspects of an object than the latter.

Word-crafting is like making a drawing but with words instead of lines, and you definitely want the object you're portraying to look realistic, hence you need to portray them in 3D. When it comes to words, to create a 3D effect, they must crafted in a way that appeal to the five senses: sound, sight, smell, taste and touch.

Now this applies most when you actually want to make an elaborate description upon which the whole of your piece is anchored. The message of your piece or the effect you intend to make with it depends on certain descriptions not all and those particular descriptions are the ones you need to make 3D.

For instance, your heart got broken by the insult of a close friend and you intend to express how you felt at that moment. It may not be enough to just use adjectives like:  I felt angry, sad, frustrated, betrayed. You might need to appeal to the five senses here. Eg:

"...It was the perfect lyrics of a song for a dance of shame, sniffing only made the ridicule more pungent, still I tried in vain not to make by vision blurry as those hot tears brewed within. Skin frosty as an iceberg and with the bitterness I swallowed, I could swear that I was going down with a fever; staring at him, in the face of his insults that turn my pride to smashed china."

A good look at the above and it's quite clear the words use give form to the sadness I felt. Now that's what 3D is about, giving form to things and displaying all aspects of them. This might demand that you close your eyes and really imagine what it feels like, taste like, sounds like, smells like and looks like. Everything you want to describe has these five features.

Also, please feel free to sound poetic, after all it's called spoken word poetry. This means use figures of speech: simile, metaphors, personifications, ironies, euphemisms, alliteration, hyperboles, e.t.c.

And, have fun writing...