: Re: Describing something that doesn't exist I'm in the middle of my first draft for my novel, and I can't seem to properly convey to my audience the image I'm trying to describe. That's what

You're still telling and not showing. Don't.

You want to say "it's a flying car"? Describe your character parking it outside work.

Curvy hoop over the top? Your character leans on it while he's talking to someone.

How the driver sits in it? "John lay back and wondered what he'd get for lunch, as the seat rose to meet him and its belts wound languidly over his chest and legs." (Of course you have multipoint belts which fasten themselves. :)

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