Image by Tithi Luadthong on Shutterstock Which Descriptive Details Are Excessive to Readers? Don't describe scenes as though you're taking a photograph. September 10, 2021May 24, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Writing
How Can Writers Make Description Evocative? The best description conveys the right tone, is easy to imagine, and makes the world feel alive. September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
What Do Writers Need to Describe? If you don't describe the right things in right order, it can break immersion and jar readers. August 20, 2021August 19, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Episode 339: Elements of Good Description Hot take: words are made up, don't use them. August 8, 2021September 30, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Wes Matlock, and Chris Winkle
Q&A: How Do I Limit Shape-Shifting Powers? Answered by Chris Winkle August 2, 2021August 26, 2021 in Worldbuilding
Nine Ways to Describe Your Viewpoint Character It can be difficult to integrate self-description without sounding forced. November 20, 2020June 14, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Five Common Problems With Metaphors Boring or inconsistent metaphors can drag your story to a halt. August 14, 2020June 28, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Description Makeover: Creating Magical Atmosphere It takes practice to figure out how to create a strong impression and make every word count. July 31, 2020June 28, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Q&A: How Do I Describe Fat Characters Respectfully? Answered by Fay Onyx June 15, 2020August 26, 2021 in Writing
How to Describe Women Without Degrading Them Keeping misogyny out of our description takes vigilance. March 6, 2020September 21, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Commentary, Social Justice, Writing
Episode 262: Describing Characters In real life, we have our eyeballs to tell us what something looks like. February 16, 2020August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Lessons From the Purple Writing of The Witcher Monsters have nothing on the horrors of confusing wordcraft and muddled description. February 15, 2020September 8, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Five Signs Your Narration Is Sexist Be warned; many breasts will be mentioned. November 29, 2019July 15, 2021 by Bunny in Commentary, Social Justice, Writing
Q&A: How Do I Indicate That Something Is Being Spoken in Another Language? Answered by Chris Winkle November 25, 2019August 26, 2021 in Writing
Q&A: How Do I Communicate My Character Is Black? Answered by Chris Winkle May 20, 2019August 26, 2021 in Social Justice, Writing
Six Common Mistakes in Fight Scenes, and How to Avoid Them Stories need conflict, and when that conflict comes in the form of physical violence, it’s time for a fight scene. March 2, 2019May 29, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Writing
Six Common Wordcraft Mistakes in Manuscripts We see these issues over and over again during editing. January 11, 2019October 7, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Episode 178: Describing the Environment A story’s environment is vitally important, but how do we describe it? July 8, 2018August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Ariel Anderson
Episode 175: Fight Scenes The movies make them look so easy, but that's not the case. June 17, 2018August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Episode 132: Our Favorite Environments Speculative fiction presents authors with a truly dazzling array of environments for their settings. August 20, 2017August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
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