Yay, a fellow description skimmer. One of my critique partners frequently comments on her inability to visualize my characters and their environment. Others say it's nice to leave the reader space to picture it themselves. I write medical thrillers and most people are in scrubs...not much to describe there.
I struggle with smells. My sense of smell has been dimished since long before Covid so I can't even imagine the right words to use. Similar with taste.
I tend to have one scene per chapter of 1500-2000 words each. Shorter toward the end with the more rapid pace of a thriller ending. when it gets much longer I try to find a place to split it into 2 chapters for consistency. Not sure that's the right thing to do.
Thanks for doing this! I'm looking forward to reading the comments.
Yes, I've gotten feedback both from readers who want more description and others who like that I "skip the boring parts." You can't please everyone, so at a certain point, once you have enough to let folks sink into the story, it's very much a personal decision. Thanks!
My Aussie Writing Group is doing a read through of this over the course of Q.1 & possibly Q.2 ( Divine timing) Can't wait to share your wonderful posts & lead some folks in other time Zones to your dive into the book. It's one of my Favorite Resources.
Yay, a fellow description skimmer. One of my critique partners frequently comments on her inability to visualize my characters and their environment. Others say it's nice to leave the reader space to picture it themselves. I write medical thrillers and most people are in scrubs...not much to describe there.
I struggle with smells. My sense of smell has been dimished since long before Covid so I can't even imagine the right words to use. Similar with taste.
I tend to have one scene per chapter of 1500-2000 words each. Shorter toward the end with the more rapid pace of a thriller ending. when it gets much longer I try to find a place to split it into 2 chapters for consistency. Not sure that's the right thing to do.
Thanks for doing this! I'm looking forward to reading the comments.
Yes, I've gotten feedback both from readers who want more description and others who like that I "skip the boring parts." You can't please everyone, so at a certain point, once you have enough to let folks sink into the story, it's very much a personal decision. Thanks!
My Aussie Writing Group is doing a read through of this over the course of Q.1 & possibly Q.2 ( Divine timing) Can't wait to share your wonderful posts & lead some folks in other time Zones to your dive into the book. It's one of my Favorite Resources.
Such wonderful serendipity! Thanks so much for sharing. I think this book will be so helpful!