From Rick: How often in novels have you read descriptions like the following? (1) Nancy hung her jacket and hat in the closet across from the front door, and placed her black, knitted gloves inside the pocket. She sat on
Read moreFrom Rick: Consider the following story opening: ========== TWO DAYS AGO: Tonight he’d do it. Severin had watched the place every night for the past week. His long, dark hair gelled back, his face black-smudged, and wearing black slacks and
Read moreFrom Rick: Do you interrupt your story with description? Scott and I have dealt with the topic of description several times in 2015 and more recently in Part of this two-part series back in September 2018. Click on DESCRIPTION in
Read moreFrom Rick: From time to time the question arises from writers about how much detail and description to add to a story and how and when to insert it. This important topic is going to take at least two posts
Read moreFrom Rick: Recently, Scott did two posts on description. I also did one back in late April of 2015 as well. I’ve put the links to all three below. THE ART OF DESCRIPTION-1 THE ART OF DESCRIPTION-2 EFFECTIVE DESCRIPTION But
Read moreFrom Scott: In my last entry, we discussed the use of descriptions in your writing. The key focus of the blog was the number of descriptive words that should be used. Put in too few, and you risk leaving your
Read moreFrom Scott: One important aspect of your writing that is frequently overlooked is description. The ability to paint a scene in a reader’s mind is not something that will come naturally to most writers. The tendency is either to put
Read moreFrom Rick: The best good description should be as transparent to the reader as possible, meaning it should blend with the story, not stand out from it. Well-written description can be so compelling that the reader experiences rather than sees
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