Specificity and Concrete Language | how to write vividly

A very specific detail about me is that I'm weirdly obsessed with specificity. *specificity inception intensifies*

MORE WRITING CRAFTY STUFF:
Show Don't Tell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM1lfA_Frgc&t=339s
Symbolism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAzLxxA2eEI&t=641s
Point of View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P87GYxwoQUE
How to Write a Short Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DellQae18&t=140s
Flashbacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db487nenqLw&t=431s
Inciting Incidents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwKkN5G7IuU

MY SHORT FICTION:
☾"I Will Never Tell You This" in The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this/
☾"Solarium" in The Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop
☾"Barefoot" in The Fiddlehead [print only]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾ "Wishbone" in PRISM international [print only]: http://prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live/

TIMETAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:37 - Vague language
3:02 - Abstract vs concrete language
6:24 - Enhancing specificity
11:10 - Extended example

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OUTRO MUSIC: "l u v t e a [acoustic]" by Autumn Keys

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