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A View From the Overlook--Writing Active Descriptions with Kathy Otten

Worldbuilding-Setting A View From the Overlook--Writing Active Descriptions with Kathy Otten

Level
Mixed
Category
  1. Description/Setting
  2. Voice
  3. Writer's Life
The LIVE webinar will be presented on ZOOM. For more information on how to access Zoom for your first Zoom meeting, please check out HERE.

Show don't tell is the mantra of critique groups, agents, and editors. But what does that mean? How do you describe a scene without telling?

In this webinar, we'll look at ways to take boring descriptions and make them come alive on the page.
Outline
This is a live webinar. A recording will be available later the following week for a specified amount of time.

The LIVE webinar will take place at 6:00 p.m. EST. Don't know what time that is? Check out the Time Zone Converter.
Author
Kathy Otten
Start date
Sep 10, 2021 at 6:00 PM
End date
Sep 10, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Registration end date
Sep 10, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Rating
4.63 star(s) 8 ratings

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Very informative, with clear examples for every aspect Kathy taught. Even some useful insight into handling POV shifts. Only four stars because I do feel the instructor did not really connect with us. She seemed uncomfortable on camera, which made me feel uncomfortable watching her.
If you are a newer writer, then your rating will be much higher and you should DEFINITELY watch this. I rated it average because I was looking for fresh, new insight. My writing critique group is pretty good about hounding me on the show-don't-tell and active verbs stuff. On the other hand, her examples were excellent in terms of illustrating the differences between showing and telling, etc. I will probably watch this again just to pause the recording and write down her before/after examples.