Write great fiction : description & setting : techniques and exercises for crafting a believable world of people, places, and events / by Ron Rozelle.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, c2005.Description: 212 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 158297327X (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781582973272 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Description & setting
  • Description and setting
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Write great fiction.; Online version:: Write great fiction.LOC classification:
  • PN 3383 .S42 R69 2005
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Contents:
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.
Review: "With dozens of excerpts from some of today's most popular writers, Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting gives you all the information you need to create a sharp and believable world of people, places, events, and actions."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"With dozens of excerpts from some of today's most popular writers, Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting gives you all the information you need to create a sharp and believable world of people, places, events, and actions."--BOOK JACKET.

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