A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

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A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff
Writing in 3-D, Part III: Despair

Writing in 3-D, Part III: Despair

...and all the other emotions too

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Writing in 3-D, Part III: Despair
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3-D writing is the art of surrounding readers with your story, pulling them in and making them a part of it rather than just a reader. Dialogue, Description and Despair are three key facets: the three Ds of 3-D writing. The last key:

Despair

No, I’m not referring to what you feel as you struggle to get the dialogue and description perfect or when yet anot…

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