In Word Painting, Rebecca McClanahan guides readers through an intriguing examination of description in its many forms. Through her thoughtful instruction and engaging exercises, readers will learn to tap into their senses, develop their powers of observation, and uncover the rich evocative words that accurately portray the images in their mindis eye. She includes dozens of descriptive passages written by master poets and authors to help readers develop their own descriptive writing style, and she also teaches how to weave writing together using description as a unifying thread.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Mostly a waste of time:
I admit there are some useful advice and exercises, but after about page 100, it loses focus and starts to ramble on about topics that are MUCH better dealt by other books, such as characters, point of view, setting, and plot. It actually made me angry and frustrated to be reading about something that, to me, had little to do with "description" per se. In my opinion, the useful advice contained in this book can be summarized as follows: 1) Use concrete, multi-sensory details instead of explanatory... more info
Good help for writers:
this is a good product, the writing is easy to follow and hte exercises are helpful.
Must reading for fiction and non-fiction writers:
I've written three books--all published by John Wiley & Sons but didn't really understand writing untill I read this book. The author shows you how to think of words in terms of the images they create. Whether you're writing fiction or non-fiction, this book will help make your writing richer.
good tool:
I was not very pleased with the book at the beginning,it had a lot of unnecessary details.But it also included good tips, like how to use the senses to describe your scenes.
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