In the first level of imagining a story, I say, “It was a beautiful sunny day.” In the second level, I take it from the abstract to something more concrete. I try to make it not just “a” day, but “a real” day. Maybe I’ll describe the wildfires, or the afternoon thunderstorm that you smell coming even at dawn. In the third level, I go even farther. I begin to come up with details that don’t just make it a “real day of a kind” but that make it a “unique” day—a day when ladybugs land on your arm at the mailbox...
I also tell you something about my character. She doesn’t try to kill the insect or brush it off; she admires it
David Farland's Daily Kick -- Devil In The Detail, 29th June 2011
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