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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:13 pm 
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That's high praise!

FWIW, this kind of thinking -- presenting communication with a structure matching how people process relevant information -- is a general approach. It's useful for all kinds of things besides locale descriptions, and a good thing to keep in mind whenever you're looking to tackle a communication problem.

To unpack such a structure is the hard part. But such things are taught all the time. Advertisers, for example, spend a great deal of time and effort to learn how people read magazine ads (or ads in whatever medium), and will write books explaining what they've learned.


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:18 pm 
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This thread inspired me to rewrite all the room descriptions in my WIP.


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