Descriptive Writing Techniques: Steinbeck vs. Parker

Descriptive Writing Techniques: Steinbeck vs. Parker The smell of stale cigarettes and old coffee lingers around the dusty, metal desk in the middle of the converted garage that is now a home office. Calendars and itineraries posted on the walls ages ago, now outdated and insignificant, fight the stacks of paper that are piled high around the room to collect as much dust as possible. In the far right hand corner of the room lay …

…there is a little author in all of us. WORKS CITED Guth, Hans P., and Gabrielle L. Rico. Discovering Literature: Stories, Poems, Plays 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice, 1997 Monterey County Historical Society. Salinas, CA. 2000 *http://users.dedot.com/mchs/steinbeckplaces.html*. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Guth, Hans P., and Gabrielle L. Rico. Discovering Literature: Stories, Poems, Plays 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice, 1997 Monterey County Historical Society. Salinas, CA. 2000 <http://users.dedot.com/mchs/steinbeckplaces.html>.