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  Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively (Paperback) By (author) Rebecca McClanahan

  

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  Short Description for Word PaintingIn this guide, Rebecca McClanahan leads readers through an exploration of the descriptive writing process, combining direct instruction with word exercises that challenge readers to elevate their writing to new levels of richness and clarity.
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  • Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
  • Published: 01 March 2001
  • Format: Paperback 250 pages
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  • Categories: Creative Writing & Creative Writing Guides | Writing & Editing Guides | Semantics
  • ISBN 13: 9781582970257 ISBN 10: 1582970254
  • Sales rank: 43,341

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• In Word Painting, Rebecca McClanahan guides readers through an intriguing examination of description in its many forms. Through her thoughtful instruction and engaging exercises, readers will learn to tap into their senses, develop their powers of observation, and uncover the rich evocative words that accurately portray the images in their mindis eye. She includes dozens of descriptive passages written by master poets and authors to help readers develop their own descriptive writing style, and she also teaches how to weave writing together using description as a unifying thread.