I love the discussion in this chapter about being very specific. I often struggle with either being too specific and descriptive or too vague. Specificity may even be as simple as collecting specific names of things like periwinkle instead of light blue. This allows the reader to envision the exact color in their mind and paints the clearest picture possible for them. It’s also helpful to not just think of the picture, but instead, the experience. In order to make the story more interesting, engulf the reader into the whole story by being specific by describing it using all of the senses. Like the book says, I’m usually inclined to be vague, but maybe my method is to bring more specificity to the story with edits. 

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