The Eighteen Tricks and Traps of Successful Description 1. Write action, not description Don't think of writing description, think of writing action ­ movement. Describing an inanimate object is boring to write and boring to read. And especially boring to the reader with the chequebook! Remember, your job is to inspire the entire cast and crew. One of the key people on the crew who has to visualize your script is the Production Designer. It is the Production Designer's job to create the actual sets you have described. Sometimes the log line of the scene will do it: INT. RAINDANCE OFFICE ­ DAY Most screenplays are static and the scenes do not flow. Writing movement into a scene makes your script more interesting to read, immediately distinguishing it from ninety- five per cent of all the other screenplays in circulation. From this simple line, the Production Designer will know to create a room with desks, telephones, and computers. The Props master will add further details, like the clutter and knick-knacks. Here is where you, as a writer with the biblical quote, can use your creativity to inspire. It is not your job to describe the clutter, the furniture, and knick-knacks, unless required by the plot. If the slug line says INT. RAINDANCE OFFICE ­ DAY the read- er will imagine desks and office furniture. You do not need to mention them.