: Re: Describing something that doesn't exist I'm in the middle of my first draft for my novel, and I can't seem to properly convey to my audience the image I'm trying to describe. That's what

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It is neither necessary nor desirable to give people perfectly exact visualizations of the physical details in your book. It isn't a technical document designed to allow them to build or recreate what is in your head. Your descriptions are there to allow the reader to experience your narrative.

What you want to give them are the necessary physical details, together with some emotional and narrative context. Part of the joy of reading (versus seeing a movie) is the chance to put your own imagination to work, and what's more important that what something looks like is what it's going to do for you, and how it makes you feel:

It was more of a spaceship than a car, and he loved it. A silver flash, freedom on wheels, an unidentified object flying down the highways. It was a way for him to get from point A to point B with maximum possible enjoyment.

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