Instead of saying a sound is loud, describe it as a "hammer hitting an anvil" to create a vivid mental picture .
It was his own voice, counting down the seconds he had left. hard tick
Behind the clock face, where the pendulum should have been swinging, was a narrow, dark staircase leading down into the floor. And from the darkness below, he heard it: a soft, human-sounding tick . Instead of saying a sound is loud, describe