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S53E3 - Breaking Rules: Show, Don't Tell
Season 53 · Episode 3

S53E3 - Breaking Rules: Show, Don't Tell

Writing Roots

April 8, 202411m 41s

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Show Notes

If you've heard any writing advice or rules, you've heard "show, don't tell." While this is great advice that can help enrich a story and immerse the reader, creating a book of only "show" becomes tedious for the reader. Sometimes, telling is the right way to go. Like most writing rules, it's about finding the right ways to break it for the best story in the end.