tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952639932193613611.post6853707681445728091..comments2024-01-08T15:58:08.870-05:00Comments on Kate's Korner: Description or Distraction?Kate Reedwood and Felicity Kateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17613069966479619131noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952639932193613611.post-70661962423511456302012-02-02T05:56:32.219-05:002012-02-02T05:56:32.219-05:00Thank you, Piper. Stephen King is such an amazing ...Thank you, Piper. Stephen King is such an amazing writer and his descriptions certainly don't do anything except create a deliciously creepy shiver of horror, in a good way of course :) So many gems of wisdom in On Writing. Thanks for recommending it to me. And thanks for stopping by with your thoughts!<br />~KateKate Reedwood and Felicity Kateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17613069966479619131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952639932193613611.post-67818893239626256972012-02-01T09:19:36.875-05:002012-02-01T09:19:36.875-05:00Ugh. Historicals. I love the stories, hate the des...Ugh. Historicals. I love the stories, hate the descriptions. Fortunately some of the "modern" historical authors do a great job of ONLY giving us what we need/want in description (Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn, for example). But I can remember skimming through 2-3 pages at a time which described tapestries, floors, and then of course lengthy lists detailing a woman's attire. Boring with the BOLD, capital B. And I think in large part the problem with those decriptions, as you've pointed out, is that they weren't so much from any character's POV, but from the author's.<br />As Stephen King pointed out in On Writing, just because as an author you CAN describe something in great detail, doesn't mean you SHOULD... we've got to give the reader just enough to build their own mind movie with, but not so much that she has to stop and focus on our directives.<br /><br />At least, I think. :)<br /><br />Fab post, chica!Piper Dennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456792447298772844noreply@blogger.com