How do you write stories that your readers just can't put down?

This is one of the "holy grail" questions every author needs to ask and answer for themselves, but one major aspect of gripping storytelling is learning to write high-impact, vivid descriptions.

Descriptions are the portal that draw your reader into your story and keep them spellbound page after page. A great plot and memorable characters can still fall flat if they're played out in boring, bland, blank rooms, or can be drowned out if they're surrounded by endless sentences of irrelevant details that describe and define things that don't ultimately serve the story.

So how do you strike the perfect balance in your descriptive writing that will leave your readers breathless and fully immersed in each scene of your story? That is exactly what I'm going to teach you in this class.

What we'll talk about:

In-depth discussion of the crucial role the descriptions play in a reader's experience of your story
Breakdown of the five sensory anchors you can deploy to create more vivid descriptions
How to avoid both under or over-describing to strike the perfect balance in your descriptions
How to engage emotion through perspective to create gripping scenes
Three different descriptions of the same scene to demonstrate the techniques covered in this class
A class project workbook to walk you through your own descriptive writing exercise

I'm so glad you're here! Let's head over to the first class video and get started.

Danielle Egolf

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