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Orca Blog for February 2022 – Connect Description to Character with Telling Details

This month’s blog appears on Jane Friedman’s website: https://www.janefriedman.com/use-telling-details-to-connect-description-to-character/

Use Telling Details to Connect Description to Character

This entry was posted in Orca Blog and tagged Craft of Fiction, description, James Wood on February 2, 2022 by Joe Ponepinto.

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