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yorkielover88:
I have come to feel like maybe my stories suck because I have trouble doing the detail and description stuff. I'm just wondering if any of you have any tips or tricks on how to improve this. Also, if any of you have time and would be willing to look over one or sOme of my stories I'd love to know if you all agree that I do intact stink at my detail and descriptive stuff. I'd love honest feedback over all too!

myconfession:
For me, one thing that really helped me when writing that type of stuff is what I learned in my script writing class because when writing a script, for a movie, you have to write every detailed action so that the actor will know what to do.

I would just close your eyes, imagine the scene in your head and try writing what you're seeing.

Sakabelle:
I used to have trouble with this too. Still kinda do. What I do is write out my dialogue first, so it flows and then go back and write all the description that goes around the dialogue. It helps me to get the scene moving at first, and then I can go back and really think about the description I want to add without losing my momentum on dialogue.

Pengi:
Imagine you're writing to someone who's blind. They've never seen any of the things your talking about. Even mundane things. They need to know what you're thinking about. What COLOR was the shirt so-in-so is putting on? What condition is the room they're in like? Messy? Clean? What does that say about the person you're writing about?

A really great practice prompt is to take a scene you've written and ask yourself 25 questions like I just put up there and answer them all, then use that to fill in the gaps. When you're done, do it again....and again... and again... Until you've got a TON of detail :)

RokofAges75:
These guys have all given you good advice.  It definitely helps me to try to picture it like a movie in my mind as well.  I would just make sure that you reserve the details for things that are actually important and worth describing.  It's nice to describe the setting enough to set the scene for your reader, so they can picture it as they read, but you don't need to describe every last mundane detail.  Just the important stuff, the stuff you think adds something to the feel of the scene.  It's nice to have a good blend of dialogue, description, and actions throughout a scene.

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