2. The Fundamentals
In order to understanding how description can be an effective aid to literacy, it is useful to know how describers develop their skills. In training prospective describers, I often recall my amazement when first encountering Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes. Brilliant ... and incredibly observant.
In developing AD for television, a video, for theater, for a museum, I emphasize four elements, the first of which is all about the skill that Sherlock Holmes honed: