Sentence examples for detail writing from inspiring English sources
Ondaatje can make all this violence both visceral and somehow slow motion, deftly controlling detail, writing with a clarity that is a match for Cormac McCarthy, who has made some of this territory his own.
John Banville, in The New York Review of Books, seized upon that detail, writing, "Apparently in the purlieus of north London, or at least in McEwan's fantasy version of them, no one suffers from morning breath, and women long-married wake up every time primed for sex".
In her memoir "Garlic and Sapphires," Reichl recalls the experience in more detail, writing that for her first visits to the restaurant, a wretched ordeal she would have rated one star, she called on the services of an acting coach to help disguise her as a frumpy commoner.
It involves using a random word, like "cars" or "breasts," to summon a memory in unexpected, filmic detail; writing about it by hand for a set time period (as she says, "Limitation creates structure!"); and then not reading it or talking about it for at least a week.
Wired magazine writer Clive Thompson appreciated the game's attention to narrative detail, writing that "the upshot [of the game] is that Ledonne has done a surprisingly good job of painting the emotional landscape of [the gunmen] whipsawing from self-pity to pompous grandiosity and blinding rage, then back again".
In a press release regarding the warrant, Toronto Police say that Yeganehfathollahis is "known to work as a hair stylist" and then describe his hair cut in detail, writing "his hair is currently very short on the sides and long on the top a 'fade'-style haircut and a short beard".
And we are lapping up every detail," wrote the USA Today on Friday morning.
Plan in detail (write your plan down).
Have a fully charged mobile phone battery before the demonstration and have details written down.
The ATLAS summary of this result is here, with the detailed write up here.
What we did have were detailed written proposals from the suppliers".
