Ultimate Author's Guide by Jackson Dean Chase

Author:Jackson Dean Chase [Chase, Jackson Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jackson Dean Chase, Inc.

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Telling or Info-Dumping

Peggy Malloy felt rotten.

Anonymous Terrible Author

Oh, really? I feel rotten too after reading that line. Telling is summary, a shortcut to speed your story along past the bor­ing parts to get to the exciting stuff. Showing is making scenes stand out by putting extra attention on them—in enough detail so the reader can infer what's happening without the author having to summarize it for them. There's no good way to open with telling. Don't do it!

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