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CHAPTER ONE:

The Importance of Description and Setting

CHAPTER TWO:

Learning to Pay Attention

CHAPTER THREE:

Using All the Tools in Your Kit

CHAPTER FOUR:

Showing, Telling, and Combining the Two

CHAPTER FIVE:

Sensory Description

CHAPTER SIX:

Description of Characters

CHAPTER SEVEN:

Time and Place

CHAPTER EIGHT:

Description and Setting in Specialized Fiction

CHAPTER NINE:

Using Description and Setting to Drive the Story

CHAPTER TEN:

Working the Magic

CHAPTER ELEVEN:

Too Little, Too Much

CHAPTER TWELVE:

Description and Setting in the Writing Process

APPENDIX:

Point by Point — A Quick and Easy Reference to Material Covered