Descriptive Development

Need help describing things ? Need to know your metaphor from your simile or your allegory from your elbow.. this here's the place.

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  1. appledotte

    Writing/Reading Description Preferences

    appledotte, Jan 14, 2016
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    Tea@3
    Jan 21, 2016
  2. Itachi1

    Writing with detail

    Itachi1, Jul 18, 2017
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    Itachi1
    Jul 21, 2017
  3. Nilfiry

    Writing Flowery Description

    Nilfiry, Apr 22, 2010
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    Nilfiry
    Apr 25, 2010
  4. Anya-Rose

    Writing Description

    Anya-Rose, May 10, 2009
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    Atari
    May 13, 2009
  5. NigellaStory88

    Woodland Forest Description

    NigellaStory88, Dec 20, 2017
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    6,320
    NigellaStory88
    Jan 2, 2018
  6. Cdn Writer

    Which is the correct description????

    Cdn Writer, Aug 16, 2020
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    Laurin Kelly
    Aug 16, 2020
  7. BlitzGirl

    When you have to "tell" instead of "show"

    BlitzGirl, Dec 12, 2020 ... 2 3
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    jannert
    Jan 26, 2021
  8. MustWrite

    When is enough description enough? Blind writer..

    MustWrite, May 20, 2013
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    1,376
    jazzabel
    Jun 25, 2013
  9. GoodSeed

    What would this "sound" like?

    GoodSeed, Feb 6, 2022
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    GeoffFromBykerGrove
    Feb 7, 2022
  10. Gibusy

    What are some examples of the "simple but vivid" description that Chekhov talks about below?

    Gibusy, Jul 23, 2020 ... 2
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    123456789
    Jul 26, 2020
  11. Bombeleq

    Wedding dress description

    Bombeleq, Jun 1, 2021
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    madhoca
    Jun 1, 2021
  12. Ironwil

    Visualization and description

    Ironwil, Jan 13, 2011
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    Allegro Van Kiddo
    Jan 14, 2011
  13. BillyxRansom

    verisimilitude in description?

    BillyxRansom, Jan 4, 2022
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    Also
    Jan 28, 2022
  14. Abraham First

    Various human face anatomy. ???

    Abraham First, Jan 19, 2017
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    big soft moose
    Jan 20, 2017
  15. agentkirb

    Use of the dash in description... this just looks wrong

    agentkirb, Jan 20, 2012
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    agentkirb
    Jan 20, 2012
  16. BillyxRansom

    Unique or conventional description?

    BillyxRansom, Aug 18, 2009
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    Kas
    Aug 18, 2009
  17. CGB

    Troubled description

    CGB, Oct 2, 2016
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    1,118
    Johncrawfordz
    Oct 17, 2016
  18. Zombie_Chinchilla

    Too Much Description Or Not Enough?

    Zombie_Chinchilla, Sep 13, 2010
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    white
    Sep 14, 2010
  19. SeveralLizards

    Tips on writing good gore?

    SeveralLizards, Mar 16, 2024
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    216
    Not the Territory
    Mar 17, 2024
  20. anitaex100

    Tips on writing better description in horror scenes.

    anitaex100, Jun 14, 2017 ... 2
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    JPClyde
    Jun 24, 2017
  21. montecarlo

    The Wheel in the Sky Keeps on Turning

    montecarlo, Oct 2, 2020
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    Naomasa298
    Oct 3, 2020
  22. OurJud

    The Simile Help Thread

    OurJud, Aug 23, 2016
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    1,387
    OurJud
    Sep 11, 2016
  23. TheHedgehog

    The Simile Game

    TheHedgehog, Feb 26, 2010 ... 2 3 4
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    C.Shaw
    Dec 3, 2010
  24. MumblingSage

    The Simile Game

    MumblingSage, May 21, 2008 ... 2 3
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    Terra Valentine
    Jun 27, 2008
  25. Xoic

    The power of telling and exposition when done right

    Xoic, Oct 8, 2022 ... 2 3
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    FFBurwick
    Sep 8, 2023
  26. trevorD

    That thin line bw clever and cheese

    trevorD, Jul 26, 2022
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    Naomasa298
    Nov 10, 2022
  27. Soul

    Tense in battle description

    Soul, Jan 10, 2011
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    Soul
    Jan 10, 2011
  28. Hippophile

    Techniques for Writing Intense Action Sequences

    Hippophile, Apr 6, 2022
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    Friedrich Kugelschreiber
    Apr 11, 2022
  29. Lily

    Struggling with Description

    Lily, Nov 28, 2007
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    SAGMUN
    Nov 30, 2007
  30. Tobi

    Spreading Description

    Tobi, Oct 8, 2008
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    1,283
    TwinPanther13
    Oct 9, 2008
  31. montecarlo

    Sounds and sights without filtering words

    montecarlo, Oct 13, 2021
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    799
    izzybot
    Oct 17, 2021
  32. madhoca

    skipping description

    madhoca, Apr 13, 2010
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    Mila
    Apr 15, 2010
  33. Dr. Mambo

    Similes for Dummies

    Dr. Mambo, Feb 14, 2019
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    2,423
    frigocc
    Mar 6, 2019
  34. Lifeline

    Show, Don't Tell, and Exposition

    Lifeline, Feb 20, 2021
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    5,498
    Rabbival507
    Apr 22, 2021
  35. GingerCoffee

    Sharing my description writing eureka:

    GingerCoffee, Jul 16, 2014
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    1,671
    GingerCoffee
    Aug 9, 2014
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