Tag Archive | show don’t tell
How to Sneak In Any Amount of Information & Maintain the Fictive Dream
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Image via Flickr Creative Commons, courtesy of Mike Licht As an editor I have some pretty standard red flags I look for, but a REALLY common blunder is the dreaded information dump. Some genres are more prone to this than others. Science fiction and fantasy can be particularly…
#MondayBlogs: Guest Post Showing VS Telling
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Intro: I am very excited about today’s guest blogger. Since recently signing with Clean Teen Publishing, it has been an absolute delight getting to know my new family, and so, I am introducing one of those wonderfully supportive and talented authors, Jennifer Anne Davis. She is sharing fantastic writing…
Show, Don’t Tell, on Twitter
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
From blackberryczech.cz I have often mentioned the “show, don’t tell” rule in my blog. MMJaye, a regular around here and a great supporter of Indies in her own blog, kindly wrote this guest post for me, tackling the rule from a novel perspective: how to use it when tweeting. Enjoy…
Constructing Your Story: Show Don’t Tell
Originally posted on weebletheringskite:
The last, and perhaps for me in many ways, the most important of the Unbreakables. Show Don’t Tell. I feel like there should be a drumroll..And maybe a trumpet. Or bugle.. I’ve been up under and all around this one, because I recognise that some people just plain don’t like it.…
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