Writing Description: Explore the Unknown
Use Description to Explore the Unknown. Nudging reader interest in the right direction permits writers to finally use the senses, to use readers' innate curiosity, and to pull from all of those folders and documents of secondary or tertiary research. Did an explorer character finally crest a rocky hillock and settle her gaze upon a depression of wild conifers, each one flickering a shade of green different than the next? Is a butler sneaking a forbidden glimpse of all the fancily dressed ladies and gentlemen of a regional ball? Does a near-miss on the street corner, paired with the smell of burnt rubber, flash forward a bad memory?
Additional Reading:
Vivid Story Setting Description: Examples and Insights (Now Novel)
Description Checklists and Tip Sheets (One Stop for Writers)
Description Thesaurus Collection (One Stop for Writers)
How to Frame Scenes Like a Filmmaker (Kristen Kiefer)
Descriptive and Sensory Detail in Narrative Writing (.pdf) (Chandler-Gilbert Community College)
❯ ❯ Adapted from description-writing masterpost: 5 Times When You Should (and 4 Times When You Shouldn’t) Rely on Description