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Overview

Build a Believable World

How essential is setting to a story? How much description is too much? In what ways do details and setting tie into plot and character development? How can you use setting and description to add depth to your story?

You can find all the answers you need in Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting by author and instructor Ron Rozelle. This nuts-and-bolts guide - complete with practical exercises at the end of each chapter - gives you all the tips and techniques you need to:

  • Establish a realistic sense of time and place
  • Use description and setting to drive your story
  • Craft effective description and setting for different genres
  • Skillfully master showing vs. telling
With dozens of excerpts from some of today's most popular writers, Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting gives you all the information you need to create a sharp and believable world of people, places, events, and actions.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781582973272
  • Publisher: F+W Media, Inc.
  • Publication date: 4/5/2005
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 127,260
  • Product dimensions: 6.04 (w) x 9.02 (h) x 0.62 (d)

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 The importance of description and setting 1
Ch. 2 Learning to pay attention 18
Ch. 3 Using all the tools in your kit 37
Ch. 4 Showing, telling, and combining the two 62
Ch. 5 Sensory description 75
Ch. 6 Description of characters 100
Ch. 7 Time and place 120
Ch. 8 Description and setting in specialized fiction 137
Ch. 9 Using description and setting to drive the story 152
Ch. 10 Working the magic 163
Ch. 11 Too little, too much 176
Ch. 12 Description and setting in the writing process 187
Point by point - a quick and easy reference to material covered 196

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 20, 2006

    WELL WORTH THE PURCHASE PRICE

    The Description & Setting volume for the Write Great Fiction series might not be the last word on these subjects, or the one book that has it all, but it provides a good overview and plenty of material for further reflection. Well worth the purchase price.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 9, 2006

    Great learning tool!

    One of the best 'How to's' I have read. The suggested exercises and checklists are excellent. Great tools to use if you are serious about learning to write. Highly recommended, and maintains my interest like a fiction novel.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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    An essential reference for writers of any genre

    A well-written guide to fiction description and setting. Easy to follow hints and guidelines, with exercises that will help you tone those writing muscles to perfection. Even though it is intended for fiction writers, these hints can also improve your non-fiction writing.

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    This book is a wonderful resource for those wanting to develop rich characters full of complex, believable emotions. With numerous examples and handy summary guides and lists in every chapter, Kress has written an excellent resource for any writer's bookshelf.

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