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Description & Setting: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Believable World of People, Places, and Events (Write Great Fiction)

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By: Ron Rozelle

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For a story to be successful, it must come alive on the page. With Description & Setting, writers learn how to make every detail count as they create believable people, places and events. Another book in the popular Write Great Fiction series, this valuable reference:

-Shows writers how to master the challenging--and often overlooked--subjects of description and setting -Offers hands-on action-and-results exercises that allow readers to incorporate lessons into their own work -Provides busy writers with accessible information through sidebars, exercises, checklists and more

With clear examples from popular fiction and tips for specific genres, bringing a story to life has never been this easy or this fun.

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Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Pub. Date: 15th March 2005
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 224
Ean: 9781582973272
Isbn: 158297327X

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Handy for every writer's bookshelf
~ Written on Sep 10, 2009. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

This is a practical and useful reference. Using examples from excellent writers, providing good tips for new approaches, it also gives exercises to develop techniques that make for better writing, authentic writing, more enjoyable writing.

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~ Written on Jun 28, 2009. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

Description & Setting: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Believable World of People, Places, and Events (Write Great Fiction)
Superb writing, and I finally got a cogent explanation of "voice."

The weakest link.
~ Written on Apr 22, 2009. out of 1 users found this review helpful.

Although this volume is part of the excellent "Write Great Fiction" series, it's really for those who wish to write mediocre fiction. Grab the other volumes (Characters, Emotion and Viewpoint; Plot and Structure), but skip this one. It's riddled with spelling mistakes, inaccurate quotes and is downright self-contradictory. On top of it all, the suggestions are, at times, poor and there seem to be sections drawn from high-school english lessons just to fill space. It's a struggle to get through.

Very Effective Resource
~ Written on Mar 25, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

I really enjoyed the easy flow and examples illustrated throughout this work. Ron Rozelle breaks down in 12 chapters all the tools necessary to write effective settings. This book gives me a great advantage over my classmates who rely simply on our instructor's advice.

Waste of time and money.
~ Written on Mar 20, 2009. 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

In this book you will learn what you should do but precious little about how to do it. I took two things away from this book. One, you should use good description. And two, use a journal to write down your sensory observations. The rest of the book's content range from the superficial to the obvious to the questionable. This is the first writing book I've read that extolled the virtues of using adverbs as a writing tool. This from a book on description.
Any writers out there looking for a good book on creating the words for good fiction should look to Monica Wood's "Description". It's one of the best books on writing, period, that I have yet read. 5 stars for that one.

Description & Setting: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Believable World of People, Places, and Events (Write Great Fiction)

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