Chosen Quote by Stephen King

Multiple descriptions are better than one.

— Gregory Bateson

Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot.…

— Stephen King

Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

— Stephen King

“Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story. Good description is a learned skill,one of the prime reasons you cannot…

— Stephen King

“The quick and dirty way is to write down a one-line description, in the simplest terms possible, of what I’m creating, along with a…

— Giles Colborne

One single glance will conquer all descriptions.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

I used to pile on the detail, which was probably a way of hedging my bets while I was working out my own way…

— James Vance

For me, setting and description is a challenge. I always want to get that part just right, and sometimes the words won't work.

— Kim Smith

We must do away with all explanation, and description alone must take its place.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

I look for ambiguous messages to illustrate...I like some detail but not too much detail.

— Sophie Blackall

Pictures describe everything; Word describe anything; Art describe something; YOU describe whole thing

— Anonymous

I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining.

— Iron & Wine