Description & setting : techniques and exercises for crafting a believable world of people, places, and events
(2005)
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
808.3/ROZELLE,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, [2005]
©2005
©2005
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
212 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
158297327X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1240826, 9781582973272 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
The importance of description and setting -- Learning to pay attention -- Using all the tools in your kit -- Showing, telling, and combining the two -- Sensory description -- Description of characters -- Time and place -- Description and setting in specialized fiction -- Using description and setting to drive the story -- Working the magic -- Too little, too much -- Description and setting in the writing process