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Descriptive Writing Tips – Specificity

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 “A guy walks into a bar and orders a drink.” This may paint a picture in a reader’s mind, but it’s pretty generic. It could be any guy, in any city. Good fiction should have the have the ring of authenticity to it. One way to convey authenticity is by including specific details. “A guy

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Succinct tips for great descriptive writing

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Succinct tips for great fictional or non-fictional descriptive writing – from Bruce Porter, journalism lecturer at Columbia College. See an example here of how to turn a boring opening sentence into an engaging description. 1. Don’t be literary or lyrical If it makes you feel like [a poet] inside you are probably being too self-conscious and that comes

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