The PDF of Julie Checkoway's "Lingerie Theory of Writing Description"
https://www.jackpowers13.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/LTN.pdf
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMifPtrIBp8
My article on "9 Ways to Describe Scents in Your Book"
https://thejohnfox.com/2022/01/7-ways-to-write-smells-in-your-book/
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Timeline:
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0:18 Drowning in Details
2:40 Getting too Purple
4:40 Emotionless Information
7:17 Sensory Deprivation
9:50 Celebrating Cliches
11:40 Screwing up the Order
13:20 Frontloading Description
15:00 Telling Instead of Showing in Description
16:29 Lack of Specificity