“I don't think it is worth explaining how a character's nose or chin looks. It is my feeling that readers will prefer to construct, little by little, their own characterthe author will do well to entrust the reader with this part of the work.” ThinkingWellsLooksLittlesCharacterFeelingsReaderNosesConstructsExplainingChins Author:Jose Saramago
“Readers must be given room to bring their own emotions to a piece so crammed with emotional content; the writer must tenaciously resist explaining why the material is so moving.” MovingGivenRoomsEmotionPiecesEmotionalMaterialsReaderExplaining Author:William Zinsser
“The key to good worldbuilding is leaving out most of what you create. You, as the author, had damn well better know the where all that dragon food comes from, but that doesn't mean that I, as a reader, want to read a five thousand word essay about you explaining it to me. I don't need to see the math, but I can tell by the details you provide whether or not you've thought these things through to their logical conclusions.” KnowsWantNeedsWellsMeanI CanFiveKeysReaderThousandLeavingDetailsMathConclusionDamnDragonsLogicalEssaysExplaining Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“Explaining is a difficult art. You can explain something so that your reader understands the words; and you can explain something so that the reader feels it in the marrow of his bones. To do the latter, it sometimes isn't enough to lay the evidence before the reader in a dispassionate way. You have to become an advocate and use the tricks of the advocate's trade.” WayFeelsArtSometimesEnoughUseDifficultReaderEvidenceTradeLaysBonesTricksLatterExplainingMarrowDispassionate Book:The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design Source: The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
“Most good evangelical Study Bibles have more in common than people sometimes realize. All of them are committed to explaining the Bible to lay readers.” PeopleSometimesRealizingCommonStudyReaderLaysCommittedExplainingEvangelical Author:D. A. Carson