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Explaining Too Much: Why More Is Less ArticleExplaining Too Much: Why More Is Less Article
Publisher
Caro Clarke
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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Articles
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Lexile Measures
950L
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Explaining Too Much: Why More Is Less

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This is the eleventh article in a series that is designed to help the new novel author. This article focuses on how to eliminate needless information in your novel. The key is to not explain too much about the action.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

character development, characterization, characters, creative writing, descriptive writing, fiction, novels, point of view, revision, writing fiction

Additional Tags

abstract terms, abstract words, action, create images, descriptive adjectives, edit, entertain, fiction elements, fiction stories, fiction writing, fiction writing techniques, proofread, scene, tips for writing fiction, write fiction, writing about fiction, writing guidelines, writing plot, writing stories, writing tips, young authors, character, writing

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Common Core

W.11-12.3.b W.9-10.3.a W.7.9.a RL.7.9 W.7.3.b W.6.3.b W.8.3.b W.9-10.3.b RL.11-12.3 W.7.3.d RL.8.7

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