It’s conference time! I’ll never forget the first ACFW conference I attended. About 100 of us met in Kansas City for the first ACFW event, and it felt like a …
Using Symbolism in your Description!
A Quick and Easy Tool for Writing Description (part 2) This month we’ve been talking about Extreme Scene Makeover and diving into description. I introduced the acronym FOCUS, a …
A Quick and Easy Tool for Writing Description (part 1)
Extreme Wordsmithing Makeover: A Quick and Easy Tool for Writing Description (part 1) This month we’ve been talking about Weak Writing Fixes and diving into description. Last week I …
Wordsmithing Makeover: How to Write Static Description
(This summer we’ve been diving deep into weak writing fixes, focusing on description. We started with Storyworld, learning how to build it into an emotional/sensory experience. (http://learnhowtowriteanovel.com/blog/category/search-by-series/extreme-book-makeover/weak-writing-fixes/) I’m freshly back …
Extreme Book Makeover: Wordsmithing your Descriptions
How do you engage your reader into a story, capture their imagination from the first page, and immerse them in a fictional world? It’s more than setting, fashion and time …