Comments on: Description: Fiction Without the Fillers

By: Im

Im — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 17:20:54 +0000

Well said, this post was both inspirating and helpful. Character and scenario building are so relevant and evoke such different feelings and questions depending on our approach…lot of people don’t realize how relevant these things are, thank you for these tips!

By: Nils Clausson

Nils Clausson — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:23:05 +0000

A good example the the way effective description reveals character is the fiction of Raymond Chandler. Read the opening chapters of The Big Sleep: Marlowe’s descriptions of people and interiors doesn’t just tell us a lot about them; they are Chandler’s primary way of revealing Marlowe’s character–his values, his attitudes, his view of 1930s Lost Angeles and what the city reveals about the soul of America. Take out the description and the artistic loss to the novel becomes obvious to both the beginning and the experienced writer. Reading Chandler is a master class in the use of description.

By: Jayati Roy

Jayati Roy — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 07:19:27 +0000

Thank you so much Kristen. I really benefited so much from your post. Your description and the examples were clear and so relevant. I really appreciate this as I’m trying very hard to improve my writing skills.

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By: Kristy Tate

Kristy Tate — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:30:29 +0000

Love the examples of description! I’m going to comb through my WIP and make sure there’s character emotion tied to the descriptions.

By: Brian Pope

Brian Pope — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 23:14:03 +0000

I’m learning to show rather than tell, but it’s a challenge. Thank you for your encouraging tips!

By: Vivienne Sang

Vivienne Sang — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 10:27:39 +0000

A fascinating post, and it has given me much room for thought. I love the way each of your examples created a totally different feel.
I’m not doing NaNo this year, although I’ve done it the last 3 years, and camp NaNo, too. I’m in the process of editing my latest WiP. It needs a lot of work!

By: Saralyn Richard

Saralyn Richard — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 03:29:00 +0000

Thanks for the reminder about story over everything else. Sometimes we all need to be reminded of that.

By: Rachel Capps

Rachel Capps — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:23:27 +0000

Awesome post! And just in time for NaNoWriMo. I’ve just started going through my ms for just this reason. Previous drafts were just getting the story out for me. Now its time to make it enjoyable for the reader.

Loved the examples, they really showed the difference between plain and engaging.

By: Niina

Niina — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:31:03 +0000

Great post, especially liked the different examples!

This will be my 10th NaNoWriMo and I’m definitely aiming for another win. Super excited to get started.

For me NaNo is like the ultimate accountability/excuse-maker. I’m usually terrible at actually taking time to write with everything else going on in my life, but during NaNo I HAVE to write. Oh you want to go for a coffee? Can’t, I’m doing NaNo! Oh there’s laundry to be done? Weeell I can’t, I still need some more words!

So yeah, I’m definitely a NaNo-person.