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Originally Posted by DrivingTest
Totally agree, a good author can paint a picture with words and that picture should appear in the mind.
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Originally Posted by haertig
This is what distinguishes a good author from a poor author for me. If I can picture the location and characters, that's a good author. If I can't, that's a poor one.
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I once read some discussion or opinion piece about Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice wherein it was pointed out that there was very little description of the characters. I realized I hadn't even noticed, though I did have my usual fuzzy mental images of the main characters. I'll never know if my images were anything like what Austen may have had in mind.