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Writing description by using an image in your word processor

This is a pretty good system for writing description if you’re trying to describe something but aren’t quite sure what…

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Writing description: Yankee or Union?

It’s interesting how description can determine what a character is like, what his attitude is, as I discovered when I…

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Writing description versus action

I’m not quite sure whether I’ve written too much description in this scene from a novel which I’m writing; maybe…

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A long and winding gently curving way of writing description

‘Long winding’ staircase or ‘gently curving’ staircase or both? Or don’t bother to describe it? As in: ‘The two doctors…