Description II – Details

Last week, I talked about some of the reasons writers want to describe things, and a few of the considerations involved in deciding what to describe. This week, I’m going to focus more on the how, which starts with a bit more on what (because what you choose to describe can affect how you go about describing it).

For instance, if you want to describe your main character/narrator, you probably don’t want to do it by having them study their reflection in a mirror (unless you’re doing it for extrem...