The Heart and Craft of Writing Compelling Description

Résumé du livre

Turn Blah into Brilliant with this Jam-Packed Volume on DescriptionSharon Lippincott's delectable writing gives you the spoonful of sugar to help the description medicine go down. In this slim volume-- forty-eight short lessons-you will be so busy learning to hang on to inspiration, color up your words, and breathe life into your writing, you won't even realize you've also learned to ditch dummy subjects, clear out dead would, and apply tips for using dozens of other description power tools. In reading this book, writers in any genre will discover * An expanded perspective on the nature of description * The difference between active and passive description * How nouns and verbs impact description * How to gain inspiration by reading like a writer * How to capture inspiring phrases for later reference * Tips for taming your inner critic * The importance of using sensory description * The value of tuning into life around youThis book will change the way you think about description. Order your copy now and transform your stories into magic carpets that carry readers into your world.