4 Tips for Preventing Flat Descriptions — Guest: Janice Hardy

Over the past few months, we’ve been enjoying tips on planning and revising in guest posts by the fantastic Janice Hardy. Her post on revising focused on backstory, an element our story needs but that also leads to readers skipping over our words if not written well.

Similarly, story description has a bad reputation for being skippable. Many readers will skim description, looking for the next exciting part with action or dialogue.

However, a story without description happens in a vacuum. At...