The Weird Literary Term That Explains Why Some Novels Feel Real

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Timeline:

0:00 - Intro

0:54 - Choose Unusual Details to Create Thisness

2:13 - Common Failures at Thisness

4:12 - This Isn’t About On-Duty Thisness

5:54 - Thisness Requires Looking Past the Visual

6:46 - Push Thisness Further

8:19 - Thisness is about the scene & the Seer

9:52 - Thisness isn’t created by exhaustive details

11:00 - A Good Strategy: Go Small

12:10 - Create Thisness by the Opposite of Expectations

13:33 - Mistake: Don’t Try to Explain Thisness