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Writing Vivid Settings: Professional Techniques for Fiction Authors (Writer's Craft Book 10)

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Good settings make readers feel they are standing inside the world of a story. This guide shows fiction writers how to build places that feel vivid and believable on the page. It covers how to bring atmosphere into flat, plain prose, how to bring life to scenes that feel lifeless, and how to trim descriptions that drag on for too long. The aim throughout is to make locations intense, convincing and intriguing enough to hold a reader's attention. It is the tenth volume in Rayne Hall's Writer's Craft series, a set of practical books for authors working on their craft.

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