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How Description Pulls Readers Into a Story

Presented by: Chris Reardon | Karen McCullough | Mary Ann Taylor | P.J. Parrish
Categories: Description | Editing | Writing

Description does more than set a scene, it pulls readers into the story’s world. Chris Reardon, Karen McCullough, Mary Ann Taylor, and P.J. Parrish explore how descriptive choices establish time and place, shape mood, and guide reader expectations. Using examples from their own work, they examine how description has evolved in modern fiction and how to use it with purpose rather than excess.

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