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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.
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Rebecca McClanahan is an accomplished writer, poet and teacher. She has published three collections of poetry, including The Intersection of X and Y, and her work has been anthologized in Pushcart Prize XVIII.
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If I were fully conscious of my surroundings at this moment, I would describe the light through the miniblinds, the way it searches out the apples in the glass bowl, buffing them to an unnatural sheen. Read the first page
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If I were fully conscious of my surroundings at this moment, I would describe the light through the miniblinds, the way it searches out the apples in the glass bowl, buffing them to an unnatural sheen. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love this book. It has had the same effect that starting to paint did 14 years ago. I found then that I was observing and looking at things more closely, with a fresh perspective, appreciating many more of the visual qualities all around me. "Word Painting" very cleverly achieves the same, but for all our five senses, not just the visual, but in the mind. It has captured my imagination, and I know will become very "well-thumbed!"
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Rebecca McLanahan has produced a book that is both useful to writers and a great pleasure to read for its own sake. She manages this partly by her judicious selection of examples, but perhaps even more so by her graceful descriptions of her own writing techniques, subtly toned and coloured with touches of autobiography.
She gets the details right too. Consider, for example, this modest little paragraph:
'Much of our writing energy is expended not in illuminating the deep mysteries of theme and symbol but in simply performing the physical tasks of the story, such as moving a character from the bed to the refrigerator. Or describing a small black button.'
She nails the writing task so well there. As writers, even when (or especially when) we know the things we do, we get a thrill to see them expressed so insightfully.
This review is by David Williams writerinthenorth
She gets the details right too. Consider, for example, this modest little paragraph:
'Much of our writing energy is expended not in illuminating the deep mysteries of theme and symbol but in simply performing the physical tasks of the story, such as moving a character from the bed to the refrigerator. Or describing a small black button.'
She nails the writing task so well there. As writers, even when (or especially when) we know the things we do, we get a thrill to see them expressed so insightfully.
This review is by David Williams writerinthenorth
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a helpful reference to assess the description in stories, but you'll need some other books to know the step-wise process in a clearer manner. Still highly recommended as a reference guide.
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