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I have this practice where I "box in" a certain theme for descriptions, be it an object, a tone, an underlying narrative, or a combination of many things.

Let me explain:

If the scenario calls for a man who's sad, he'd most likely describe the rainy day as melancholic, or how his socks are getting wet in his shoes. That's simple enough.

For first person, I try to focus on emotional beats more than anything else, since we're only human, and emotions drive our moves.

I'd usually make sure that even if the first person description devolves into a tangent, I'll wrangle it back to a circle where it connects with the subject matter in hand.

Say I visit an aunt whom I have incestuous feeling with, but she doesn't know. I walk into her house and see some floral plates, then I get to describing.

>floral plates
>nice and ceramic
>smooth to the touch
>comes around with a fat rim and a shallow body
>an enticing rose sitting right on the bottom
> just like my aunt

It's a terrible example I pulled out of my ass but it's an apt example on how I go about avoiding tangents in 1st person descriptions.

BenBen always has an interesting way of giving advice.
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you ever do those math homework and you get those boring "Annie has 5 apples" type question that you'll forget the instant you move on?

My philosophy: make the example interesting and memorable, and the lesson will follow suit

That's not a bad philosophy on teaching. Perhaps you should become a teacher Ben? Actually, nevermind.

what a coincidence, I work as a part time teacher on the side

Mull on that horrible thought for a while, eh?