Description

by Wood, Monica

• ISBN13: 9780898799088
• ISBN10: 0898799082
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books

Summary

For more than 10 years, this successful series has helped writers improve their work -- one element at a time. Featuring quality instruction from award-winning authors, each book focuses on a key facet of fiction writing, making it easy for writers to find the specific guidance they're looking for.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Details, Details	p. 6
The Telling Detail
How Details Drive the Story
Adding Details in Later Drafts
Engaging the Senses
Simile and Metaphor
The Virtue of Restraint
Wrap-Up
Showing and Telling	p. 18
What's the Difference?
Scene and Narrative
How to "Tell"
How to "Show"
When to Use Narratives, When to Use Scene
Wrap-Up
Description and Forward Motion	p. 38
How Stories Move
Creating Context
Forward Motion and Physical Description
Flashbacks and Their Problems
Flash-forwards
A Word on the Set Piece
Wrap-Up
Description and Dialogue	p. 66
Types of Dialogue
Conversations in Space
Overdescribing Dialogue
Implying Setting
Description by Omission
Wrap-Up
Description and Point of View	p. 84
First-Person Point of View
Second-Person Point of View
Third-Person Omniscient Point of View
Third-Person-Limited Point of View
Wrap-Up
Description and Style	p. 119
Choosing Description Style
When Content and Style Contrast
A Case for Minimalism
A Case for Maximalism
Avoiding Sentimentality and Melodrama
Wrap-Up
Description and Setting	p. 134
Details that Tell a Story
The Setting's History
Settings Large and Small
Problems with "Actual" Places
Wrap-Up
Special Description Problems	p. 146
Describing Animals
Describing Weather
Describing Emotion
Describing Sound
Wrap-Up
Tips and Tricks	p. 160
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