But they are what they seem, just entertainment. Given a finished product, a published piece of fiction, we don't know how much time or effort was put into that piece of work. We can only examine it and guess. But like an experienced jeweler, we can put it up to the light, screw on our eye piece, and look for Clarity, Cut, Color, and Carats. In this article, I'll mainly concentrate on Clarity.
Clarity comes with experience.
As words roll by on the word processor odometer, we learn what is effective and what isn't. We learn about making words work double or triple duty and about timely information release. He was a joyous old man with a twinkle in his eye and bounce in his step. Parsons just stuck her nose up and passed on by. First of all the description of the character is separate from the action, it could be folded in.