ClearTips: Powerful paragraphs

Getting off to a good start: Set the scene

Descriptive details can pull readers in by helping them to visualize the scene you're setting.

Out here in Big Sky Country, high on a ridge in the Absaroka Range, a golden eagle soars, pushed upward by a stream of warm air. From its perch in a golden-leafed aspen, a Steller's jay the color of indigo shrieks at the interlopers 20 feet below. A Clark's nutcracker drills into a pine cone, the only sound except the distant rumble from the Yellowstone River.

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