Show or tell? It can be tricky

Macris, A

Show or tell? It can be tricky

Macris, A

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Publisher:: Fairfax
Citation:: Sydney Morning Herald, 2011, 05/02/2011, pp. 33 - 33
Issue Date:: 2011-01

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dc.contributor.author	Macris, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2110-2351	en_US
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dc.date.issued	2011-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Sydney Morning Herald, 2011, 05/02/2011, pp. 33 - 33	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0312-6315	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	IT'S of the great truisms of fiction writing: show, don't tell. Like all truisms, it needs to be handled with care. Showing, in its most extreme form, will lead you simply to compiling a list of objects. While you'll achieve all the concreteness and specificity you could desire, you'll also risk boring the readers stupid as they drag themselves through sentences that read like shopping lists.	en_US
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dc.title	Show or tell? It can be tricky	en_US
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Abstract:

IT'S of the great truisms of fiction writing: show, don't tell. Like all truisms, it needs to be handled with care. Showing, in its most extreme form, will lead you simply to compiling a list of objects. While you'll achieve all the concreteness and specificity you could desire, you'll also risk boring the readers stupid as they drag themselves through sentences that read like shopping lists.

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