ALL RIGHT!! I'm glad others are as excited as I am. Hopefully we can get some awesome conversations going!
Has anyone watched Lecture 3 yet? I was pretty impressed with the Pyramid of Distraction theory. As he was using the example of the dog to make descriptions more concrete I was thinking "okay, so big black dog. That's more concrete." But when he pulled out his example of a more concrete, heavy-lifting description -
I was astounded. Now THAT was a heck of a description! I've heard about making your descriptions do double-duty before (thanks, Margo!) but this was the most poignant example of it I've ever seen. Ten words that show more about the world than I'd thought a short sentence could do. Wow. That sure got my mind cranking.
Also the reminder about using all five senses, and how multiple senses make a description more concrete, was great.
(And I don't know about you, but I am so craving some gummy bears right about now!!)
What did you all think?