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Description & Setting: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Believable World of People, Places, and Events (Write Great Fiction) | 
| Author: Ron Rozelle
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
Buy New: $11.55
You Save: $5.44 (32%)
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 10606
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 158297327X
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.392
EAN: 9781582973272
Publication Date: March 15, 2005
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Product Description
For a story to be successful, it must come alive on the page. With Description & Setting, writers will learn how to make every detail count as they create believable people, places and events. This valuable reference work: Shows writers how to master the challenging - and often overlooked - subjects of description and setting; Offers hands-on action-and-results exercises that allow readers to incorporate lessons into their own work; Provides busy writers with accessible information through sidebars, exercises, checklists and more; With clear examples from popular fiction and tips for specific genres, bringing a story to life has never been this easy or this fun.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Sloppy thought mars this effort April 22, 2005
30 out of 36 found this review helpful
The other volumes in this series have all been excellent, but careless editing and some wooden writing weaken this book's advice. Spelling errors (Wurthering Heights, racquet for racket) and weak prose (Rozelle likes to split infinitives with adverbs) weaken credibility, and some of the advice is questionable. Rozelle favors using adverbs to clarify prose instead of finding strong verbs and specific nouns. He also tends to use older books for examples, many at least 15-20 years old. This is especially true when he discusses genre fiction in superficial terms. Some of the book is irrelevant, too, discussing characterization without relating it to setting or description. I'd suggest Monica Wood's book on Description instead of this one.
 This one goes to the trash can ... September 18, 2005
18 out of 54 found this review helpful
Sorry. I hate to pile on, but I must agree with Lit Teacher on this one. The thinking was sloppy and contradictory, and the writing was wooden, stiff, irritating. I bought it a few months back and hid it in a drawer until I could get around to it. I pulled it out today with a smile and high hopes.
Boy was I disappointed. I thought maybe I was having a bad day. Maybe my concentration was off. So I pulled out Truman Capote. Smooth as silk. So it wasn't my fault. It was Ron's. I finally decided to scan the book, and that revealed there was really nothing new here, nothing interesting.
I wish I had not wasted the money. I must be more careful. But, as for this book, there is nothing I need to refer to later, so I'm putting it in the trash. It is Saturday evening. They will come on Monday to take it and the other garbage away.
Roger
 An Awesome Resource May 28, 2005
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
As a creative writing teacher of an elementary gifted education class, I am always searching for ideas and suggestions that will prove helpful in assisting my students to become good writers. I'm so delighted to have found a book that actually offers clear techniques and specific exercises for my students. The exercises at the end of each chapter have proven to be helpful.
Reading is one of my greatest pleasures and it is truly the rich and colorful description of the setting that invites me into and to become a part of the book. Thank you, Ron, for such an informative resource and a clearer understanding of how to create what I consider to be one of the most important areas of the book, if not the most important. For me, the setting is definitely a "read or not to read decision."
A Resource Both Interesting and Practical May 30, 2005
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
As a high school teacher of advanced English classes, I found Rozelle's book helpful as well as interesting. His advice about using adverbs to strengthen the action allows the writer to fine tune it by showing, not just telling. His use of a combination of classic and modern literature as examples gives a complete spectrum. One of the most important aspects of the book is Rozelle's instruction of character description and how the setting helps to form the character. I plan to use the book in my classes next year.
Par Excellence August 20, 2005
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
Chock full of massive amounts of advice. A nice feature is an appendix with a listing of each chapter and all the points from it. So you can skim this appendix and see the entire book in about a dozen pages, there is about one page per chapter.
I have been reading through many, many books in preparation for writing my own. This one is well worth the trouble of purchasing and reading. I keep it handy as I write.
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