Category Archives: use of detail in fiction

You’ll Use It All Later

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Lynne • 0 Comments

It turns out that those monster thighs and herding tendencies that Amy, Diana’s chicken, was developing made a lot of sense. You didn’t even have to notice the red comb on top of her head; Amy cleared her throat and let out the first crows right after Diana and her husband Nik returned from England. … Continue Reading

Back To Details: Naming The Wilderness

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Lynne • 1 Comment

One thing I’ve learned is that most of us are passionate about a couple of things and how much those interests emerge as defining parts of our identities. I don’t know exactly when I fell in love with being able to identify, for example, the wildflowers that right now have turned the forest floor into… Continue Reading

Blame The Weather

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Lynne • 2 Comments

To those readers in winter-affected areas: is the weather making everything feel like extra work to you? It is to me. Just getting dressed is a shivering labor involving long underwear under my jeans, a fleece over my shirt, wool socks as thick as my thumb. Preparing to actually leave the house, say to walk Hannah? … Continue Reading

Gleaning More….Details

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Lynne • 2 Comments

Let’s go back to the slushy dark afternoon of my first post. Remember how I played sleuth and trailed the SUV? Already the painting on the back window had generated the makings of a plot. But a bit of tailgating yielded extra details: the birth date was Dec. 31, 2001, and the date of death… Continue Reading

It’s All In The Details

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Lynne • 6 Comments

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” (Henry Miller) We have slogged through the winter solstice. Long fingers of twilight still reach up and take early hold of the afternoon of a sleety, biting day. Gray slush blends the… Continue Reading

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Category Archives: use of detail in fiction

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