Speaking of Description

Presented by: Chris Reardon | Karen McCullough | Mary Ann Taylor | P.J. Parrish

Categories: Description | Editing | Writing

Description doesn’t just paint a picture but draws readers into the picture. Panelists provide examples of description in their work, discuss how description anchors time and place in a story, and how expectation for description has evolved over time in novel-writing.

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