@sarahdoingthing One of the main things I realized while working on my novel is that you need to describe people’s clothes at great length
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Replying to @Meaningness
@sarahdoingthing I think they must teach that in creative writing classes, which is where journalists come from I guess2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness that's the biggest giveaway that s.t. was written by a journalist not a real scientist1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness something something meaning blah blah stories come on guys you know how this works1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler Yeah, I think@sarahdoingthing is expressing annoyance, not incomprehension!2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@KevinSimler@sarahdoingthing Meta question: whether that crap works, or if it is just the only thing creative writing majors know how to do2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing I think it works = it's what people like to read? Market for stories/journalism is pretty free/efficient.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler@sarahdoingthing Yeah, you’re probably right… :-(1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@KevinSimler@sarahdoingthing Although… some of the most successful popular science writers do actually explain how things work.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing A spoonful of story helps the science go down?1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
@KevinSimler @sarahdoingthing True, and valuable if there’s substance as well. John McPhee’s http://amzn.to/1kwWcoP an outstanding example!
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Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing I keep hearing great things about this guy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler@sarahdoingthing You need to read that book :-)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 2 more replies
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