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Another brilliant video full of great tips.

Ahh, sooo many good tips in this video. This is basically the ultimate guide, and I really wish more people watched, but it's oftentimes a grind and I think you'll get there. Well done. Great question. I don't have many go-to's because it's probably my weakest writing skill. I don't have a very visual brain, so it's tough. I guess setting the scene in general is what I do well, but I could improve on too many areas to list (I think) however, I think one can get away with it as long as other aspects of their writing are solid.

These are all awesome questions, loving this series so far, and its really making me think!

Hello Ben, thanks for these questions. I wrote them on cards like I did the "interesting story" set and I have a little file for them to use whenever I'm editing. For me to write decent description, I need to have whatever it is I want to describe to be tied to something in the story. If you show me a picture of a forest or a beach, like writing courses are fond of doing, I can't think of anything interesting without putting people, or at least myself, in it. I think my best descriptions are ones that are almost hidden in the scene. In the memoir I am writing, I am a child watching ants disappearing down the holes in their hills. I mention our front lawn has a lot of them but I don't mind because it's not the kind of lawn anyone yells at you not to walk on. That's not the exact language but it's an example of describing a lawn without saying "our lawn was blank and blank." The reader will know there are four adults who could be tending this lawn, so it says something about them, too. In books that I read, I skim, maybe even skip altogether long paragraphs full of adjectives and nouns. Whether it's a person, place or thing, what I want to know (and write) is how the narrator feels, not just what they experience with their senses.You mentioned before that you would find it interesting to write a book of nothing but description but I wonder if you meant it would be completely objective and not have any kind of emotional context. If you could enjoy that, I wish some of that could rub off on me!

Here is a paragraph I used to describe a character in a contemporary fiction story. Michael knocked back the last bit of beer and placed the bottle on the table, as he stood up. His soul screamed as he reached for the letter, once in his hand the green glow disappeared. Without looking, he folded the letter and tucked it into his shirt pocket. He walked over to the fridge but paused as he caught his reflection in the glass cupboard. For days he hadn't bothered to look in a mirror, he recognised the eyes, but something had changed. Stylish stubble was now a bushy beard, his dark brown hair that once flowed, looked flat and greasy. He had become his shadow self.

Love this series! Great questions... you should go more in depth with show vs telling, or which POV to use. Or how about tenses like past, present or future tense?

How do you describe a photo in book if the story is written in past tense. Someone mentioned that we need to describe the photo in a present tense narrative to capture the now moment altho the book is written in past tense. I'm very confused. Thanks a lot.