How to Write Effective Description & Imagery | Writing Tips

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Examples from:
The Beguiling by Zsuzsi Gartner:   / 53169555  
Baba by K-Ming Chang: https://gulfcoastmag.org/online/winte...
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund:   / history-of-wolves  

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MY SHORT FICTION:
☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/never-tel...
☾Solarium - Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelin-b...
☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: http://prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/pr...
☾Wishbone - video reading: https://vimeo.com/420052282
☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/cherry-an...
☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: https://tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-ti...
☾Beautiful Animal - Room: https://roommagazine.com/issues/twine
☾Zugzwang - CBC [excerpt]: https://www.cbc.ca/books/literarypriz...

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:34 - Purple prose vs. descriptive writing
4:07 - Clarity
6:44 - Specificity
10:25 - Surprise and insight
12:42 - Flow and narrative integration
18:40 - Economy
20:12 - The joy of language

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