Show or Tell?

Posted on July 2, 2009
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By Jeff Gerke If you’re around fiction instructors very long, you’ll encounter the phrase “Show, don’t tell.” Telling is when a novelist simply spoon-feeds the reader information: “Jim was a lying twerp who cheated on his taxes.” Showing, by contrast, is when the novelist reveals clues that bring the reader to the same conclusion. So, for example, a scene might show Jim at the front door of his house talking to some Girl Scouts. We see a wad of $100 bills behind his back, but when the gir

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