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JAMESBJOHNSON
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How do you use them in your writing?
Do you have a theory for using showing & telling?
Do you have a theory for using showing & telling?
I always like to show and tell in my stories. I like to bring the reader into the world I've created and make them a part of it all. I try to keep it realistic and detail enough about things to keep it believable.
Inner thoughts, I like to keep to a minimum and let the characters talk it out. Action needs description from different POV's (the event itself, and the re-action to it, literally and figuratively). Yeah, show and tell is good in my opinion.
sr71plt
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Ahem. In writing terms, it's show OR tell. I'm sold on the theory that showing is best when you can do it, and I keep that in my mind while I'm writing. I don't think I go back much to change telling to showing, though, so I've either balanced it enough to suit myself or I just wasn't being too bright when I wrote and reviewed it.
