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I don't honestly think SHOW DON'T TELL is bad advice, but I think some writers treat it like a religious commandment. I've read your stories, and I've never struggled to understand what a character was feeling because you were trying so hard NOT to tell me!
Like, you know, it's one thing to say, "She stalked across the room and left, slamming the door behind her" instead of "She left angrily." But it's quite another to say, "His eyebrows met in the middle of his forehead" instead of "He was puzzled."
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I thought that telling was a major crime! I'm showing all over the place in my stories! :D
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I don't honestly think SHOW DON'T TELL is bad advice, but I think some writers treat it like a religious commandment. I've read your stories, and I've never struggled to understand what a character was feeling because you were trying so hard NOT to tell me!
Like, you know, it's one thing to say, "She stalked across the room and left, slamming the door behind her" instead of "She left angrily." But it's quite another to say, "His eyebrows met in the middle of his forehead" instead of "He was puzzled."
Fine line. Fine line...
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