CRAFTING VIVID SCENES FROM A FEW DRY FACTS
Genealogist Carol Baxter turned her hobby into a writing career when she stumbled across a political sex scandal and had her manuscript picked up by the first major publisher she approached. It became the first of six works of internationally acclaimed popular history.
In this writing lesson, Carol teaches some of the skills of descriptive writing. It is available as an individual lesson (see subscription details below) or it can be accessed by Annual Members as part of the A Helpful Miscellany series.
This lesson will be expanded upon in the Hooking Our Readers course to be published in 2023.
Crafting Vivid Scenes from a Few Dry Facts
We’ve learnt how to craft vivid sentences in the Words Words Words course, but how do we combine these words to produce a vivid scene, especially when we have little information to work with?
This lesson describes the process of doing so, using practical examples from Carol’s own writing. It shows how she began with very little information, then followed one path after another in a desperate attempt to find something … anything … to make her description interesting.
It shows how you too can apply the same strategies to your own research and writing projects, whatever the subject.
Lesson type: Writing
Video duration: 63 minutes
Handout: Yes
Published: October 2022
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