tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post6992402932321393125..comments2024-03-10T04:29:20.044-04:00Comments on Mad Genius Club: The Framing Theory - how to be gifted at descriptive proseSarah A. Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17478124095732219352noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-10722790324926781462008-12-10T01:25:00.000-05:002008-12-10T01:25:00.000-05:00Hey, Dave, is this a comment on John's concerns ab...Hey, Dave, is this a comment on John's concerns about the fine art of erotic, porn, and other sexual descriptions? It does seem related - evocative, engaging the senses, precise, sharply accurate -- and leave the minutiae up to the reader's imagination. That avoids the blatant explicitness of pornography, while allowing the reader to invent the finest erotica they can dream up.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422171964652699673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-63236884466839635842008-12-09T02:52:00.000-05:002008-12-09T02:52:00.000-05:00True, you can draw on what people know. And with t...True, you can draw on what people know. And with traveling, movies, TV and the internet we've all seen things that our grandparents would never have seen.<BR/><BR/>But what annoys me is when authors use technical terms for things, which throw me out of the story because I don't know what a doo-hickey is on a modern yacht. I only need to know that the character knows how to put up the sails and steer the yacht, unless the details of this are going to have a bearing on the plot.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, RRowena Cory Daniellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.com