tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527248326652000073.post6646496592014720972..comments2023-05-27T06:02:59.370-07:00Comments on Color Coordinated: Show, Don't Tell: Guest Post by Gina DrayerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17527989806224086214noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527248326652000073.post-47349288201318066472013-08-09T20:45:18.383-07:002013-08-09T20:45:18.383-07:00I think that's a great way to look at it. Sho...I think that's a great way to look at it. Show everything that moves the story forward. I've read so many WIP's where I ask at the end of the chapter, was this necessary to the story? Because I really don't see how. Don't stop the plot to look at the clouds.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17527989806224086214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527248326652000073.post-38806425747431066742013-08-09T17:10:29.881-07:002013-08-09T17:10:29.881-07:00tee hee...tourettes.
My pet peeve with "show...tee hee...tourettes.<br /><br />My pet peeve with "show don't tell": those newbie writers who've learned this who tell me I have to show *everything*. <br /><br />I'm talking about plot. Look, I've got a lot of plot in my story, probably too much. If I want to tell the reader that two characters met at a carnival, and that carnival's not integral to the plot, nope, I don't need a scene that shows it. Some exposition will be necessary.<br /><br />One broader way of looking at it may be: show us everything that moves the story forward. Or show whenever it's as efficient to do so as it would be to summarize. Karmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968734391360430864noreply@blogger.com