Also by Kat Duncan:
- Six Days to Midnight
- Without a Lord
- Sunda Cloud
- Synapse
- A Lady of Worth
- Ransom's Bond
- Into the Pale
- Telling Grammar
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Published: Dec. 17, 2010
Words: 7577 (approximate)
Language: English
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Telling Details explains the use and misuse of factual information in fiction, particularly in romance fiction. The updated second edition contains several new articles on how to effectively use details in fiction.Adult-content rating:
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writing skills, romance, writing fiction, craft of writingAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
John Davis
on March 28, 2011 :
didn't care for it
(review of free book)
Review by:
Richard Kerr
on Dec. 31, 2010 :
This little essay should be read by all fiction writers on Smashwords. Even if you’ve been at it for years it’s good to be reminded of bad habits. She illustrates her points well with good humour. Even if you’re not into romantic fiction you’ll see ways of adapting her advice. I found myself thinking, ‘Mmmm, am I guilty? Yet another tweak needed?’
It should be noted that there are ways of using over-description. The porcelain vase example was a tactic used Agatha Christie for all those red herrings that led to no where. And Star Trek writers were masters of techie speak. “The temporal anomaly has leaked into the central core!” is just gibberish yet it reminded us we were in 25th century with a load of A grade engineers. But it was always followed up with, “If we don’t get out of here in 3 minutes the ship will blow.” They never failed.
4 stars for a very useful and pleasant 15 minute education.
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