Today we chat specificity in fiction, its benefits & tips on how to do so, all while line editing my old writing. Leave requests for future topics I should cover and let me know if you'd submit work for a viewer submission's style critique!

TIMESTAMPS:
1:11 - EXCERPT 1: Amplifying vague details
5:03 - Tip 1: Look for vague specific details and punch them up
6:13 - Tip 2: Specificity enhances voice
6:32 - Tip 3: Debunking "but vague details are more universal for a reader"
7:55 - Tip 4: Focus on sound/musicality
9:32 - Tip 5: Link verbs & nouns to enhance voice/style
14:25 - Tip 6: Watch for unnecessary & illogical telling (especially in first person)
18:31 - Tip 7: Using and adjective doesn't mean your writing is automatically specific
20:06 - Tip 8: Weed out unnecessary specific details to make selected details pop
23:01 - Tip 9: Follow cues from your writing when unsure where to place specific detail
23:23 - EXCERPT 2: Clarifying & specifying a character description
25:17 - Tip 10: Critiquing isn't just about negatives! Be kind to your work
32:50 - Tip 11: Use action to reveal character instead of telling
36:24 - Tip 12: Specificity, clarity & concrete language enhance what you already have
36:49 - EXCERPT 3: Identifying good examples of specific details & refining them for flow and clarity (TW: mild gore?)
39:49 - Tip 13: Writing specifically requires practice. Actively write specifically
40:17 - Tip 14: Identify and specify your nouns
41:27 - Tip 15: Learn the vocabulary of your work's atmosphere
48:03 - Showing you examples of good specific detail

Also in the final excerpt, I edited "she caved" to "he caved" when it should actually be "she caved" (referring to the mother caving to the father's convincing to keep the hardwood).

P.S. I filmed this video in May!

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→ My short story "The Species is Dead" in Minola Review [ Ссылка ]
→ My flash fiction piece "Mama Lives in My Mouth" in Young Voices (fc. Fall 2020)

ABOUT ME
Hi y'all! I'm Rachel, an eighteen-year-old writer from Toronto. I've been writing for six years and will be starting my second year as a writing undergrad in the fall. On my channel, I document my writing journey and try to post once a week (usually on Fridays). You can read my work in issue 25 of Minola Review, Grain Magazine, on my blog, and elsewhere!

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