Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Your Hosts: DongWon Song, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler Few pieces of writing advice get repeated as much as that old saw “show, don’t tell.” We’re here to show tell you that it’s not only not universally applicable, much of the time it’s wrong¹. Tell, don’t show, especially…
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard “Show, don’t tell,” they tell us. Except sometimes showing is not always the best thing to do. Or even the right thing to do. Sometimes we should be telling. In this episode we’ll tell you about telling. (We’d show you about telling,…
How do you “show, don’t tell” a character’s thoughts? We answer this question, and more!
Instead of saying “show, don’t tell,” we say “here’s how to show.”
How to go about showing a character’s emotions without them seeming emo.
Blocking! What is it, why is it important, and how can you do it well?
