From Edie: Sharpen your observation skills and notice details like a writer. Learn 7 practical ways to train your writer’s eye, beat distraction, and create richer, more vivid writing.
How to Train Your Writer’s Eye: 7 Ways to Improve Observation Skills for Better Writing
By Edie Melson @EdieMelson
Writers are an observant lot.
We notice the tiny things other people overlook—a change in tone, a flicker of emotion, a half-finished sentence. We collect details the way some people collect souvenirs. An overheard conversation can spark the plot of an entire novel. A single moment in a grocery store can become a scene that refuses to leave us alone.
But there’s a problem for writers in today’s world.
We’re surrounded by noise.
