5/19/2023 0 Comments Show, Don't Tell by Sandra Gerth![]() ![]() ![]() Understanding Show, Don’t Tell: And Really Getting It (2016) by Jance Hardy is the best book I found. I read many blog posts and craft books on this subject. This blog post is a summary of my research and learnings on how to recognize a tell from a show. Some obvious red flags help but, honestly, I didn’t have a deep understanding of this subject. I didn’t know exactly where my writing is a tell and when it is a show. To decide consciously between show and tell, at first, we need to recognize tells. ![]() It depends on the art and the craft of the storyteller! There is no rule to tell us where to find the balance. I read another piece of advice somewhere that I believe is worth giving to you. It is a piece from a Wikipedia article or a newspaper article. On the other hand, if a story fills only with tells, it is not a story at all. If a book shows everything, the number of details bores the reader. This advice is correct up to a certain level. Show don’t tell is the piece of advice writers and authors, at any stage of their career may give or get. ![]()
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