—> Pick one adjective, and follow that to another adjective that comes to your mind. An example of this is choosing the word ‘blue’ again, after which I think of ‘icy’, which makes me think of the word ’sharp’, and the word ‘windy’, and so on.
After you have 10 adjectives, link them to your work by trying to describe the setting using the words you have. Don’t try to pick words that describe a setting you may already have in mind, the point is to look at a setting in a new way than you had previously.
An example using the words above: They sound like they would be describing someplace cold and remote, but instead they could be used to describe a crowded beach like this-
‘The ocean sparkled, a glittering blue that could only be achieved on a summer’s day. In her hand, the icy soda shed water onto her legs and towel. The sharp glare of the sun reflected off of her sunglasses as she scanned the crowded shore; a cool sea breeze lifted her hair off of the nape of her neck.’
