Sometime ago, I swore off providing writing advice on my blog- my own learning as a writer feels too incomplete.
But that shouldn’t prevent me from sharing great writing advice when I hear (or in this case, read) it.
This little tidbit comes from the January 2014 edition of Writer’s Digest.
In an article entitled, Miscalculations & Missteps, Elizabeth Sims provides some of the best, and simplest, advice when it comes to writing descriptions in fiction.
Here’s the trick: Get going on a description with the attitude of discovering, not informing. In this zone, you’re not writing to tell the readers stuff you already know-rather, you are writing to discover and experience the scene right alongside them.
That paragraph opened a door for me. I hope it does the same for you.
Hey Justus, how cool to see this! Very glad you found my article worthwhile, & thanks for sharing on your blog. Best wishes on your writing.
Thank you so much! It was a great article overall, but descriptive passages have often been challenging and your little trick made me far more excited about writing them.