Description: Too Much or Not Enough?

Writing Craft
2022
Featuring Carolyn Rowland, Gay Yellen, John DeDakis, Lois Winston, Maggie Toussaint, Randy Overbeck

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Finding the right balance in description can make or break a story’s pacing and voice. Carolyn Rowland, Gay Yellen, John DeDakis, Lois Winston, Maggie Toussaint, and Randy Overbeck discuss how to create vivid scenes without slowing momentum and how to trust readers to engage their imagination. This session explores how thoughtful restraint and purposeful detail can elevate good writing into great storytelling.

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