: Re: What do I do if I have no idea how to explain how something looks or even what it is? In my story there is a hill and the hill looks like a stair case with three steps what would you

@Angela458

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Even though you know something isn't what you describe, using descriptive terminology is fine. Especially if something else follows:

The hill looks like a staircase with three steps. But it can't be an actual staircase, and they can't be actual steps. Instead . . .

The use of looks like is a qualifier, such as seems to be or reminds me of. Whatever follows doesn't necessarily reflect what it is in fact.

Unless of course, your problem is not with the analogy but with the use of the word step itself. If your narrative prevents the use of that word for whatever reason, then you will need to come up with something different:

It's a strange hill. It looks like something purposely built to be walked up, rather than something formed by nature . . .

In clarification from a comment, "it looks like three gigantic steps."

So:

They look like steps made for a giant.

After such a description, you could simply refer to them as giant steps.

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