“Paradoxically, vividness of description and detail here comes at the expense of realism. To put it simply, no one besides a writer—a professional noticer—notices this much, and certainly not in a near instantaneous time frame; not in a “taking in.” There is no reason to. This style of writing, which…”— Adam O'Fallon Price, blog.pshares.org
“As with writing, the silence says as much, or more, than the word.”— Adam O'Fallon Price, blog.pshares.org
“Description is, in fact, more useful for what it says about the noticer than the noticed.”— Adam O'Fallon Price, blog.pshares.org
“1. Here's the question: How do you get more comfortable with descriptive writing? And I'll add: Without verging into purple prose or an info dump. This ties in with worldbuilding, which is one of my favorite things. 2. So. Worldbuilding starts on page 1. The words you use, the things you point out,…”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.com