Never Say it's Raining

When you start writing you learn new things all the time. There’s a saying that goes “God is in the details,” and that’s what writing is about. It’s about the details. While reading a review of Ramsey Campblell’s short story ”The Hands” this morning I came across an interesting passage; the critic praised Campbell because rather than saying something like “It was raining,” Campbell showed it with a line about a wet sign post. It’s the little things like that, all the little things, that make a story better. This is a technique I plan to incorporate into my future endeavors. Like today for instance the sun is very bright, but I wouldn’t say “it’s sunny,” I’d say, “he put on his sunglasses.”