wordwalker
Auror
Description is getting to be the hardest thing for me to write.
I know (and lecture about ) the basics of which parts of a moment to consider mentioning, and ways to squeeze them into sentences. But it's still always the bulk of my effort just to picture what's there.
Worse, I'm thinking more and more that description might be one of the best tools for giving a story that extra level of oomph, whether it's more fey beauty or more backalley bloodiness. (I keep following the "World Building > Writing Skill" thread and wondering how much of that world-power comes just from describing what you have well.)
So, does anyone have any thoughts or tools on making description more effective, or easier to write-- or just easier to research the details that keep coming up?
I know (and lecture about ) the basics of which parts of a moment to consider mentioning, and ways to squeeze them into sentences. But it's still always the bulk of my effort just to picture what's there.
Worse, I'm thinking more and more that description might be one of the best tools for giving a story that extra level of oomph, whether it's more fey beauty or more backalley bloodiness. (I keep following the "World Building > Writing Skill" thread and wondering how much of that world-power comes just from describing what you have well.)
So, does anyone have any thoughts or tools on making description more effective, or easier to write-- or just easier to research the details that keep coming up?