The PDF of Julie Checkoway's "Lingerie Theory of Writing Description" My video on "Outrageously Difficult Writing Exercises": My article on "9 Ways to Describe Scents in Your Book" COACHING: Join my coaching program for writers, BOOKFOX LAB: COURSES: 10 writing courses, with 230 videos, at BOOKFOX ACADEMY: Get your copy of "The Linchpin Writer": Get more writing tips with my newsletter: Need help with publicity? Copyediting services: Timeline: 0:00 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