The key to effective observing is to be able to show your
reader people, places, evens, or objects through the use of specific detail.
In The Prentice Hall Guide For College Writers, Stephen Reid explains the process
of observational writing:
If your reader is going to learn from your observations, you need to give the exact
details that you learned from, not just your conclusions or generalizations. Even in
writing, experience is the best teacher, so use specific details to communicate the
feel, the data, the sights and sounds and smells.
Through the use of the following observational techniques, a writer
will be able to more vividly describe a subject:
