Word Painting : : the Fine art of Writing Descriptively
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Includes index.
What is description? -- The eye of the beholder -- From eye to word: the description -- The nose and mouth and hand and ear of the beholder -- Figuratively speaking: a "perception of resemblances" -- Bringing characters to life through description -- The eye of the teller: how point of view affects description -- The story takes its place: descriptions of setting -- Plot and pace: how description shapes the narrative line -- The big picture.
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PUBLISHED
Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 265 pages ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781599638683
1599638681
SUBJECTS
English language -- Rhetoric.
Description (Rhetoric).
Creative writing.