How to develop themes through descriptions: April 2025 ProCritique Recording (Episode 155)

Want deeper themes in your work? Your descriptions are the key!

From character to settings, your choice of synonyms, similes, and metaphors is where your theme and emotional value gets its grip.

At this ProCritique, Brad Pauquette and Alli Prince critiqued five short stories and novel chapters submitted by the members of The Company:

• “Hope In The Hopeless,” by Bella Raine
• “Pecans on Sale,” by Chrissy Hicks
• “Expectations,” by Hannah Stiff
• “Tirsha Departure,” by Gregory L. O’Donnell
• “Pheonix Rebirth Chapter 1,” by Tyler Cox

You can download these stories and read them here: https://writers.company/april-1st-procritique-materials-now-available/

Take the time to read the stories and critique them yourself before you listen. Compare your critique to Brad and Alli’s notes to grow in your ability to articulate issues and opportunities in your own writing.

Brad Pauquette is the bestselling author of The Novel Matrix: The Complete Novel Writing Guide.

Alli Prince is a graduate of The Company’s apprenticeship program and the author of Copper Lies.

Thank you to the brave souls who volunteered their work to be publicly critiqued.

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