9 Description Blunders that Make Your Book Look Amateurish
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Timeline:
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0:18 Drowning in Details
2:40 Getting too Purple
4:40 Emotionless Information
7:17 Sensory Deprivation
9:50 Celebrating Cliches
11:40 Screwing up the Order
13:20 Frontloading Description
15:00 Telling Instead of Showing in Description
16:29 Lack of Specificity