: Re: How to add depth to writing - turn a story into a book I've had a few 'great ideas' for books. I'm a big sci-fi fan, especially Michael Crichton. I'm not sure if that's relevant but there

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I've always had the same problem --my writing is too concise. I'd head about writers struggling with producing too much material, and wonder how something like that could ever happen.

Here's what helped: More worldbuilding. When you know more about your characters, their backstories, the setting, the backstories of the places, and so forth, the writing naturally gets richer and the plot takes longer to unfold. Keep in mind, here, that worldbuilding isn't just for fantasy and science fiction. Even for contemporary, realistic fiction, you still need to take the time to fully immerse yourself in your characters' worlds.

You'll also need to be more detail-oriented. You're a big picture person, right? That's normally great, but now you're missing the trees for the forest. It would be possible to write an entire full-length book about the events of a single hour --if that hour was observed acutely enough.

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