tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post2527596933272376166..comments2024-03-18T04:50:28.589-07:00Comments on Grace's Mosaic Moments: WRITING WORKSHOP 6Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040441084648426091noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post-47267135336577927592015-02-09T19:28:04.278-08:002015-02-09T19:28:04.278-08:00Thanks, Tamara. I too am an eclectic reader.
I am ...Thanks, Tamara. I too am an eclectic reader.<br />I am sorry, however, to hear that Regency Researcher has encountered people who counsel rejecting description. (You have, however, inspired me write a blog solely on Setting one of these days.) Please understand I am not advocating spending a whole page describing a home or main street shops or each person in a social group. But I am advocating a more detailed way of saying, "It was hot." For example, "so hot the birds were silent, tucked up in the shade of leafy branches." <br />Instead of an unremitting spate of dialogue or action, toss in a quick line about the cheerful colors of the condo (or dreary grayness or whatever) where the conversation is taking place. Or if you are writing an historical, make sure your dialogue and clothing fit the time period. Even if you are writing action or dialogue, you can include words that identify time, place, even a character's background. Frankly, "He said, she said, he asked, she told" get really boring. Work on adding those extra little bits that make your sentences shine. Good writers make their prose come alive with descriptions that are brief but effective without hammering their readers with more than they ever wanted to know about a particular person or place.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04040441084648426091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post-32241648943935565122015-02-09T12:00:49.201-08:002015-02-09T12:00:49.201-08:00I do not like books where the hero and heroine do...I do not like books where the hero and heroine do not appear to have any morals. I do not mean just sex,but in other relationships.<br />About setting, we are so often told not to bother with descriptions, that editors want action. I have read some books I have been unable to tell the time period but I don't know exactly how to set the stage in my own writing.Regencyresearcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828749339318882968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post-5095398404667619412015-02-09T08:01:33.054-08:002015-02-09T08:01:33.054-08:00Great post, Blair. I'll read any type of book...Great post, Blair. I'll read any type of book as long as the characters are interesting. Tamara Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520967002081732399noreply@blogger.com