Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively

Author:   Rebecca McClanahan
Publisher:   Writer's Digest Books
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9781599634517


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   15 March 1999
Format:   Electronic book text
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Let Rebecca McClanahan guide you through an inspiring examination of description in its many forms. With her thoughtful instruction and engaging exercises, you'll learn to develop your senses and powers of observation to uncover the rich, evocative words that accurately portray your mind's images. McClanahan includes dozens of descriptive passages written by master poets and authors to illuminate the process. She also teaches you how to weave writing together using description as a unifying thread.

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Author:   Rebecca McClanahan
Publisher:   Writer's Digest Books
Imprint:   Writer's Digest Books
ISBN:  

9781599634517


ISBN 10:   1599634511
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   15 March 1999
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Rebecca McClanahan's tenth book, The Tribal Knot, a multi-generational memoir, is forthcoming from Indiana University Press in 2013. Other books include The Riddle Song and Other Rememberings, winner of the Glasgow Prize in nonfiction, and Deep Light: New and Selected Poems. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays, Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize anthology, The Kenyon Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Sun, and numerous anthologies. Recipient of a Pushcart Prize in fiction and the Wood Prize from Poetry, McClanahan teaches in the MFA programs of Queens University and Rainier Writing Workshop. Please visit her website at www.mcclanmuse.com

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