For June, I posed a series of questions — with, as always, a few verbal restrictions — to five authors with new books: Kate Angus (“So Late to the Party”), Ramona Ausubel (“Sons and Daughters of Ease ...

Most forms of writing involve description. For example, in a short story characters and places need to feel real for the reader. Description of events, feelings and atmosphere helps to achieve this.

How to write a descriptive piece based on the coastline. The presenter advises students to start off by gathering the names of things you see and hear along the stretch. He suggests adding adjectives ...