Tag: show don’t tell

• Good Writing Advice: Show Don’t Tell = Action

  I borrow today’s writing wisdom from author A.B. Westrick and her recent contribution to the “7 Things I’ve Learned So Far” column of Writer’s Digest. “Show Don’t Tell = Action. Early-on, I thought “show don’t tell” meant showing every little detail in a character’s life. It doesn’t. It means that when you’re writing a scene, […]

  Julie Israel

  27 January, 2014

  Books, Writing

  A.B. Westrick, craft, Good Writing Advice, show don’t tell, writers

• 30 Stories, Day 13: The Gift of the Magi

  Reading better to write better (taking notes, reporting to you, and hoping to eventually get published myself), Day 13: “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his father’s […]

  Julie Israel

  13 January, 2013

  Reading, short story, Writing

  30 short stories, fiction, Four Noble Truths, O. Henry, show don’t tell, The Gift of the Magi, writers, Writing

• Writing 101: Showing vs. Telling

  I recently unearthed a short story I’d written in high school. It was a favorite, I remember, and one that my friends had actually been lining up to read after I’d finished and word got round that it was good. Digging it out from old papers was like the scene in Amélie when she discovers, […]

  Julie Israel

  20 May, 2012

  Writing

  craft, how to write, show don’t tell, showing vs. telling, Writing