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Word Painting Revised Edition: The Fine Art of Writing Descriptively

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Paint Masterful Descriptions on the Page! Writing strong descriptions is an art form, one that you need to carefully develop and practice. The words you choose to describe your characters, scenes, settings, and ideas--in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction--need to precisely illustrate the vision you want to convey. Word Painting Revised Edition shows you how to color your canvas with descriptions that captivate readers. Inside, you'll learn how to: • Develop your powers of observation to uncover rich, evocative descriptions. • Discover and craft original and imaginative metaphors and similes. • Effectively and accurately describe characters and settings. • Weave description seamlessly through your stories, essays, and poems. You'll also find dozens of descriptive passages from master authors and poets--as well as more than one hundred exercises--to illuminate the process. Whether you are writing a novel or a poem, a memoir or an essay, Word Painting Revised Edition will guide you in the creation of your own literary masterpiece. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Writer's Digest Books


Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 12, 2014


Edition ‏ : ‎ Revised


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1599638681


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 83


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.71 x 9.02 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #216,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #113 in Rhetoric (Books) #169 in Creative Writing Composition #192 in Authorship Reference


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    • Best book on description for the struggling writer.
Format: Kindle
This probably is the most complete book about description published. It includes setting, people, ways to create metaphors, similes, in an easy to understand way by using exercises. I have a bit of dyslexia. The kindle version is the one to get if you have processing problems when reading. I set it to bookerly and put the text on large until I could read it. I haven't tried the exercises but these seem interesting. I picked it up since I have read some of Philip Lopate's recommended books in his book about how to keep a notebook. Look inside the table of contents of this book. Description is a lot of work. Making lists of what you sense seems laborious. But as someone who couldn't find words to describe I am eager to try them. Especially the index card exercise and word basket. It's a nice way to create metaphors by comparing unlike objects. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2022 by Amazon Customer
    • This is my favorite book on how to add color and detail to ...
Format: Kindle
This is my favorite book on how to add color and detail to your words. The exercises are great for novice and experienced writers. Her weekly 5 senses journal idea helped me round out my writing and add more depth to my settings.
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2018 by FreeP
    • A Game Changing Read
Format: Kindle
This is the book that will help you find your style and voice as a writer. The author is so skilled at using words and getting the reader to dive deep when using description. The first chapter alone changed my life. She suggests you sit with an object for ten minutes to describe it. Look at it. Think about it. Think about what it means to you. Write about it with these thoughts in mind. Write it with a specific character's thoughts in mind. These are the kinds of activities at the ends of the chapters. This book will spark your imagination and give you plenty of exercises to enhance and grow your skills. I found out about this book when I entered a contest and a judge suggested it. Now I tell everyone about it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2019 by Carol Alwood
    • Quality with quirks and faults
Format: Kindle
The first half a dozen chapters of the book are high quality content with a good amount of variety in exercises. There are some questionable bits of pseudoscientific nonsense about the lizard brain and whatnot, but those don’t get in the way of the book. Starting from chapter seven or eight (depending on how familiar the reader is with different POVs) the book loses a lot of forward momentum. What bothered me the most is the lack of variety and repetition of earlier exercises towards the end of the book. I got the impression the author felt an obligation to talk about prosody in the book, but did so inadequately. The last three or so chapters were a bit of a let down, but not exactly bad. Overall, this was a positive reading experience with lots of great exercises. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2021 by Telperion
    • Writing with a Different Perspective
Format: Paperback
This book delivers more than it advertises. It meshes well with other how-to write books and supports the concepts on which most of them are based. At the same time, it encourages the writer to look deeper into subjects and describe them more vividly. It could well be used as a writing course text or reference. It is well structured and easy to read. I read the original publication and welcome this updated publication. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2022 by Barney Considine
    • Top book on subject.
Format: Paperback
Best book to hone descriptive writing skills.
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2024 by rcjdk1
    • Word Painting Revised Edition
Format: Paperback
Review Image by Delia
This book helps will help one write more descriptively. It definitely does help one to "paint" with words. Recommend.
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2025 by Delia
    • but good. I find myself skipping through the author's wordiness
Format: Kindle
Awfully wordy, but good. I find myself skipping through the author's wordiness. It seems to me that the truly great authors had no such resource when they were writing. I'm not sure you can teach people to describe. Rather, they need to read the real thing for themselves. I would like to see this book in summary form, without all the flowery verbiage. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2015 by Anne Whitfield

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