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Show, Don't Tell
Do you want to finally master the SECRET INGREDIENT to all good writing – and discover the tricks and techniques
that WILL set you apart and easily enable you to create fiction no-one can possibly ignore?
Then read on:
Show don’t tell, show don’t tell, show don’t tell…
It’s
like some incessant mantra that writing teachers chant at their students – but do they really hear?
Show,
don’t TELL!
Publishers and editors too will throw the phrase at you, with a patronizing air, as though you
have deliberately not done so. What do you do in these situations? Simply shrug and move on?
Show, DON’T tell...
The
reading public, strangely, seems completely oblivious to the distinction, except in an obvious, vote with their feet way –
that is: authors that SHOW always outsell authors that TELL by about 100 to 1!
SHOW, don’t
TELL.
I can’t stress how important it is to grasp the profound difference between showing and telling in
your writing.
And what a powerful impact it can make – to your readers, of course, but more especially to your
chances of being taken seriously by the publishing industry.
So, take the advice, okay? Show, and do not tell.
Happy
writing!
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Author Sharon Skinner has released a compelling discussion of plot, Plot Isn’t Just
a Four-Letter Word, and it's continued importance in the art of writing compelling fiction, despite the argument in some circles
that plot is becoming less relevant. (Free from Smashwords)
Building Great Sentences
(Lectures) - Investigate the myriad ways we think about, talk about, and write sentences. In Building Great Sentences:
Exploring the Writers Craft, Professor Brooks Landon shows you the pleasure in reading and writing great sentences.
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