ABSTRACT

Workshop ten

Discusses memory and sensory detail using an extract from Marcel Proust’s ‘In Search of Lost Time’.

Illustrates the power of detail via the tapestry ‘The Lady and the Unicorn’.

Explains how to write the huge topics – sex and death and the senses.

Provides a list of tips for writing great detail.

Readings (Kathryn Heyman) and Exercises to explore the ideas in the chapter.