Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks so much! It was my pleasure.

Thanks! There’s a subtle line between showing and telling sometimes. I think that’s why we can hear feedback that we’re telling, and not be able to see it in our work.

I judge it on how the sentence sounds, and how often I’ve used it in that paragraph. It it sounds list-like or there are too many “ands” I’ll edit to avoid some.

Some “rules” in writing exist because it’s easier to tell new writers “Don’t do X” than explain all the reasons why X is fine depending on how it’s used.

For example, adverbs are useful words when used well, but use them poorly and they result in weak writing. Said is an invisible dialogue tag, but tag every spoken line with it, and the prose gets clunky. And is the same way. Overuse it and it shows, but if it’s the right word for the job, it works just fine.

Thanks! Hope it helps 🙂 It’s a hard technique to get sometimes because what’s considered told varies. What feels told in a tight POV is often fine in an omniscient POV.

I hope they help! Just searching for the red flag words in your draft will spot a lot of them. The more you find and edit them, the less you’ll use them when you draft. You’ll train your brain to either avoid them naturally, or they’ll stick out when you write them and you can edit right away.

Which is exactly why I do them 🙂 Show, don’t tell is particularly tough to grasp without examples since it’s subjective.

Most welcome!

Thanks! The examples are my favorite part of most of my posts 🙂 hey’re so much fun to write.