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Like we always say, don't sweat the details...they're super easy to learn about when you've got a Shmoop video to teach you about them. And really, you should probably only sweat sweat.
Transcript
- 00:04
[Coop and Dino singing]
- 00:13
They say that God is in the details, but after studied a bit of mythology, we're not confident
- 00:18
as to which god they're talking about.
- 00:20
For examples we can never get Poseidon to be specific about what he wants for dinner.
- 00:25
So, we'll just say that details are really important. [Group of people together and Poseidon appears]
Full Transcript
- 00:27
when it comes to good writing, details are the key.
- 00:31
If you want to paint a picture with your words and really tell a story so that your reader
- 00:35
can visualize exactly what you're talking about, you need details of the whazzoo.. [Boy stood with a painting]
- 00:40
Think of it this way:
- 00:41
If you're telling a story about a man and you don't include any details, well then that's
- 00:45
all he is to the reader: just a man. No matter who or what you're imagining in your head, if you
- 00:50
don't use details to describe it, the reader won't be able to picture it. [Woman reading a book]
- 00:54
However, once you start adding those precious details, then that man stops just being any
- 00:59
old man.
- 00:59
He becomes overweight. [Man transforms into overweight man]
- 01:01
And bald.
- 01:02
And dressed in a bright pink tuxedo. And without details, a woman is just a woman.
- 01:07
But when you include details she becomes blonde...
- 01:09
And happy.
- 01:10
And a police officer. with an unhealthy appetite for cotton candy... [Woman police officer with cotton candy]
- 01:14
Details turn a house into a
- 01:16
Into a cliffside castle with an outdoor swimming pool complete with a waterfall and giant waterslide. [Castle with a waterfall and giant waterslides]
- 01:22
In order to be the best writer you can be, you need to learn to include details in your
- 01:26
writing whenever possible. [Man reading book of adjectives]
- 01:28
Every time your story takes place in a specific setting, don't just say what the setting is,
- 01:33
describe the details of the setting.
- 01:34
Instead of saying “a farm,” you could say, “a farmhouse sat atop a grassy hill
- 01:39
that was littered with a horde of grazing cows."
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And if there's a farmer, describing that farmer as more than just any old farmer will [Girl thinking about a farmer]
- 01:47
be sure to improve your story.
- 01:48
Because a farmer is one thing. But a farmer wearing an oversized cowboy hat and neon
- 01:53
pink leggings..That's just gold! [Farmer wearing pink leggings and cowboy hat]
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