One of my favorite pieces of writing advice is to describe setting and details as the character interacts with them, that way those details stand out to the reader. Those details become not just words, but memorable sensations. What do I mean by that? Well, it's similar to advice you've already heard about showing vs. telling. While telling the reader things certainly has its place—and one day if I remember I may write a post in defense of telling, because it is so often maligned, like adverbs—
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One of my favorite pieces of writing advice is to describe setting and details as the character interacts with them, that way those details stand out to the reader. Those details become not just words, but memorable sensations. What do I mean by that? Well, it's similar to advice you've already heard about showing vs. telling. While telling the reader things certainly has its place—and one day if I remember I may write a post in defense of telling, because it is so often maligned, like adverbs—