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athousanderrors) wrote2019-05-27 04:47 pm
athousanderrors) wrote2019-05-27 04:47 pm
When to Show, When to Tell, and When to Do a Bit of Both
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When to Show, When to Tell, and When to Do a Bit of Both:
letswritesomenovels:
For example:
Purely telling: The school play was a disaster.
Purely showing: [long scene where we actually see the entire play, and how everyone messed up, etc, etc, etc.]
Mix: The audience started filing in by 7pm. By 7:50—twenty minutes later than planned—the curtain rose. By 8:15, four children had forgotten their lines, one seem to have forgotten he was in a play at all, and Billy Johnson had knocked a hole in the scenery. By 9pm, it was all, blessedly, over.
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When to Show, When to Tell, and When to Do a Bit of Both:
letswritesomenovels:
For example:
Purely telling: The school play was a disaster.
Purely showing: [long scene where we actually see the entire play, and how everyone messed up, etc, etc, etc.]
Mix: The audience started filing in by 7pm. By 7:50—twenty minutes later than planned—the curtain rose. By 8:15, four children had forgotten their lines, one seem to have forgotten he was in a play at all, and Billy Johnson had knocked a hole in the scenery. By 9pm, it was all, blessedly, over.
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