Writing Excuses 6.12: Revising For Description

It is Howard's turn in the critique box! Brandon, Dan, and Mary dissect a 21-year-old manuscript from 22-year-old Howard, this time with an eye to making descriptions do more than one thing. Since the manuscript runs for six pages before colliding with any inconvenient dialog, it's a perfect fit. It might also be perfect because of how much work it needs. Audiobook Pick-of-the-Week: The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell, narrated by David Colacci Writing Prompt: Start with Howard's concept and write your own story. The complete chapter whose pages we dissected can be found here in RTF format. This episode of Writing Excuses has been brought to you by Audible. Visit http://AudiblePodcast.com/excuse for a free trial membership*. *Note: From the Audible website, here are the terms of the free membership. Read the fine print, please! Audible® Free Trial Details Get your first 14 days of the AudibleListener® Gold membership plan free, which includes one audiobook credit. After your 14 day trial, your membership will renew each month for just $14.95 per month so you can continue to receive one audiobook credit per month plus members-only discounts on all audio purchases. A very small number of titles are more than one credit. Cancel your membership before your free trial period is up and you will not be charged. Thereafter, cancel anytime, effective the next billing cycle. Any unused audiobook credits will be lost at cancellation.