Which Descriptive Details Are Excessive to Readers?
Don't describe scenes as though you're taking a photograph.
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How Can Writers Make Description Evocative?
The best description conveys the right tone, is easy to imagine, and makes the world feel alive.
What Do Writers Need to Describe?
If you don't describe the right things in right order, it can break immersion and jar readers.
Episode 339: Elements of Good Description
Hot take: words are made up, don't use them.
Nine Ways to Describe Your Viewpoint Character
It can be difficult to integrate self-description without sounding forced.
Five Common Problems With Metaphors
Boring or inconsistent metaphors can drag your story to a halt.
Description Makeover: Creating Magical Atmosphere
It takes practice to figure out how to create a strong impression and make every word count.
How to Describe Women Without Degrading Them
Keeping misogyny out of our description takes vigilance.
Episode 262: Describing Characters
In real life, we have our eyeballs to tell us what something looks like.
Lessons From the Purple Writing of The Witcher
Monsters have nothing on the horrors of confusing wordcraft and muddled description.
Five Signs Your Narration Is Sexist
Be warned; many breasts will be mentioned.
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.
Six Common Wordcraft Mistakes in Manuscripts
We see these issues over and over again during editing.
Episode 178: Describing the Environment
A story’s environment is vitally important, but how do we describe it?
Episode 175: Fight Scenes
The movies make them look so easy, but that's not the case.
Episode 132: Our Favorite Environments
Speculative fiction presents authors with a truly dazzling array of environments for their settings.
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