tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post44161930770379123..comments2024-03-27T10:02:56.747-04:00Comments on Fiction University: Keep Moving: Describe Your Setting on the GoJanice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-33080392363703815222021-04-10T08:28:07.795-04:002021-04-10T08:28:07.795-04:00None of the authors you mention are modern authors...None of the authors you mention are modern authors. Styles have change since they published, and heavy description was the norm back then. These days, readers usually don't want to wade through pages and pages of detail. They want to get to the story. <br /><br />For today's audiences, you have to look at novels published in the last five years or so. Fifty year old novels might still be classics, but the average reader is looking for more modern styles. Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-77532496460637468032021-04-08T13:07:40.154-04:002021-04-08T13:07:40.154-04:00These are good points, however I cannot help but t...These are good points, however I cannot help but think that this is a genre thing. With Hoeg or Sarte, Moorcock or Hesse, these (descriptions) would be inadequate, Lol Hesse took three chapters to describe a passing cloud in Peter Camenzind. I think there is a little of depends upon the book and what you are wishing to write but essentially good advice methinks.Raynaydayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280020755371174066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-16657479518820585792021-04-02T07:18:21.213-04:002021-04-02T07:18:21.213-04:00Thanks for this useful system! Going to try it out...Thanks for this useful system! Going to try it out and see if it works for me. :)Andrea Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-8327441505992303532021-03-29T11:40:19.443-04:002021-03-29T11:40:19.443-04:00Very helpful steps for setting. What a fun exampl...Very helpful steps for setting. What a fun example!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283064190423696280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-58895152312551217532021-03-25T19:40:12.310-04:002021-03-25T19:40:12.310-04:00Excellent post, Ann. I could see the whole scene w...Excellent post, Ann. I could see the whole scene with much more sensory impact, as well as it still being edge of seat reading. :)Sheryl Gwytherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660201098245632077noreply@blogger.com