If you’re in the middle of your NaNoWriMo draft and you feel like your novel lacks the kind of sensory detail that other authors seem to include naturally—the kind of writing that makes you feel like ...

John Schu is a best-selling author, a children’s librarian and a tireless evangelist for the power of a blank page. By Elisabeth Egan Elisabeth Egan is an editor at the Book Review and the author of ...