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“The key to good description begins with clear seeing and ends with clear writing, the kind of writing that employs fresh images and simple vocabulary.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“One describes a tale best by telling the tale.” Neil Gaiman, American Gods
“Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself.” Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

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