Comments on: Description—How to Make Readers Fall In & Never Escape https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Author Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/#comment-50706 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:33:16 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15762#comment-50706 In reply to Sharon Lippincott.

Cate is WONDERFUL! Fabulous to meet you!

]]> By: Sharon Lippincott https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/#comment-50705 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 04:03:01 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15762#comment-50705 Yes, I too am a description junkie. My most recent decadent read was Ruth Reichl’s new novel DELICIOUS. She makes food sound so delicious and amazing that I gain ten pounds just from the reading, without taking a bite of anything! I often blog about holistic description, and even so, your fresh perspective broadened my horizons. Thanks to Cate Russell-Cole for pointing me your way. 🙂

]]> By: Taking Descriptions A Step Further: Metaphorically Speaking | Cate Russell-Cole https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/#comment-50704 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:38:38 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15762#comment-50704 […] the character’s point of view, to weave descriptions into your work and how much is enough. Please check it out here then be inspired by this […]

]]> By: lccooper https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/#comment-50703 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:32:56 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15762#comment-50703 Thanks, this was helpful. If for no other reason, your comments reinforced my belief that if the description has nothing to do with the outcome of the story, then delete it. For example, in Goldilocks and the three Bears, it isn’t necessary or helpful to include detail that Goldilocks is wearing a blue taffeta dress handmade by her grandmother. That detail has nothing to do with her sleeping in Weather three beds or eating the porridge or breaking a chair.

I learned to despise intricate, in Maine detail while attempting to read Das Boot. I nearly gave up reading when Winds of War and its sister Novels hit the stands. Thankfully, sci-fi pablum of extraterrestrial beings soon flooded the market, and I returned to reading novels.

Thanks so much for your encouraging and insightful posts!

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]]> By: shad0wrav3n2014 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/#comment-50702 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:41:46 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15762#comment-50702 Very insightful, thanks so much!

]]> By: kimhandysides https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/#comment-50701 Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:09:13 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15762#comment-50701 Reblogged this on and commented:
From my fav social media jedi and Texan writer guress, Kristen Lamb:

]]> By: writingsandstuff https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/#comment-50700 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:59:45 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15762#comment-50700 I really like the style of description in the great Gatsby if you’ve read it…

]]> By: Amelysse https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/#comment-50699 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:46:43 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15762#comment-50699 Reblogged this on The Daily Noesis and commented:
Setting the perfect traps for the readers!

]]> By: gingerlovinmind https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/#comment-50698 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:08:33 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15762#comment-50698 I like a few choice descriptions. I have some imagination, though, so I like it when the authors let me use it! I started reading a story earlier this week, but trying to get through all the descriptions was like wading through tar. Eventually, I couldn’t go forward and I set the book aside.

]]> By: Author Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/07/description-how-to-make-readers-fall-in-never-escape/#comment-50697 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:27:46 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=15762#comment-50697 In reply to betterthanedward.

AWESOME!

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