Craft Word Pictures that Plunge Your Readers into the Scene

Michael Stover
7 min readOct 22, 2019
Original Painting by my wife, Becky Stover

Who is your favorite writer? Chances are, they are your favorite because their writing takes you away from your current reading spot and transplants you into the world about which they write. It’s like being there: you smell the smoke, hear the screams, feel the heat, and taste the same fear as the heroes, heroines, and victims. Good writing, great writing, snatches the reader from their…

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